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There were 3,340 students enrolled in Boone County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 8.1% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 53.1% identified as male, 46.8% as female, and 0.1% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

Data also showed that white students made up 88.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Boone County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 5.3%, 3.2% multiracial, 1.9% Black, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% Native American and 0.1% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

Boone High School had the highest enrollment among Boone County’s 11 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 720 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	Boone High School	Boone Comm	711	720	1.3%
2	Boone Middle School	Boone Comm	582	585	0.5%
3	Franklin Elementary School	Boone Comm	357	338	-5.3%
4	Ogden Elementary School	Ogden Comm	296	305	3%
5	Madrid Elementary School	Madrid Comm	293	266	-9.2%
6	United Community School	United Comm	274	254	-7.3%
7	Ogden High School	Ogden Comm	238	237	-0.4%
8	Madrid High School	Madrid Comm	206	200	-2.9%
9	Ogden Middle School	Ogden Comm	165	172	4.2%
10	Madrid Junior High School	Madrid Comm	153	149	-2.6%
11	Woodward Academy	Woodward-Granger Comm	118	114	-3.4%