SW Iowa Times

There were 2,105 white students enrolled in Page County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Page County welcomed 2,327 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 10 schools in the county, Garfield Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 466 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.

School Name	School District	% of white Students	white Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Garfield Elementary School	Clarinda Comm	90.7%	466	514
Clarinda High School	Clarinda Comm	90.4%	435	481
Shenandoah Elementary School	Shenandoah Comm	89.7%	315	351
Shenandoah High School	Shenandoah Comm	88.6%	257	290
Shenandoah Middle School	Shenandoah Comm	89%	251	282
IGNITE Online & Personalized Learning	Shenandoah Comm	93.2%	123	132
Essex Elementary School	Essex Comm	94.1%	95	101
Essex Junior-Senior High School	Essex Comm	89.4%	84	94
South Page Elementary School	South Page Comm	96.7%	58	60
South Page Senior High School	South Page Comm	95.5%	21	22