SW Iowa Times

There were 2,370 students enrolled in Mills County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.8% identified as male and 48.2% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 89.6% of the student body, the largest percentage in Mills County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 6.2%, 3% multiracial, 0.7% Black and 0.3% Asian and Native American.

Glenwood Senior High School had the highest enrollment among Mills County’s six schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 599 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	Glenwood Senior High School	Glenwood Comm	600	599	-0.2%
2	Glenwood Middle School	Glenwood Comm	451	467	3.5%
3	Northeast Elementary School	Glenwood Comm	462	448	-3%
4	West Elementary School	Glenwood Comm	421	440	4.5%
5	East Mills Elementary School	East Mills Comm	205	212	3.4%
6	East Mills Junior-Senior High School	East Mills Comm	215	204	-5.1%