SW Iowa Times

There were 1,043 students enrolled in Fremont County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.5% more than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.3% identified as male and 47.7% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 89.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Fremont County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 5.8%, 3.3% multiracial, 0.7% Black, 0.2% Native American and 0.1% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

Sidney Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Fremont County’s eight schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 230 students.

Public school enrollment in Iowa remained relatively stable in the 2024-25 school year, with 480,665 students, a slight decrease of 0.63% compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, enrollment in accredited nonpublic schools grew by nearly 10%, reaching 39,356 students, up from 36,195. This increase was partially driven by the Students First Education Savings (ESA) program, with 27,866 students utilizing ESAs at nonpublic schools.

Rank	School name	School district	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
1	Sidney Elementary School	Sidney Comm	236	230	-2.5%
2	Fremont-Mills Middle and Senior High School	Fremont-Mills Comm	208	220	5.8%
3	Fremont-Mills Elementary School	Fremont-Mills Comm	210	216	2.9%
4	Sidney High School	Sidney Comm	222	204	-8.1%
5	Marnie Simons Elementary School	Hamburg Comm	80	80	0%
6	Hamburg Charter High Schools	Hamburg Comm	35	50	42.9%
7	Hamburg Middle School	Hamburg Comm	40	39	-2.5%
8	Sidney Virtual SAC School	Sidney Comm	7	4	-42.9%