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Story County Education: 532 Black students enrolled in 2023-24 school year

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McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | Ballotpedia

McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | Ballotpedia

There were 532 Black students enrolled in Story County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.9% more than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Story County welcomed 11,120 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 4.8% of the student body to be the third represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in the county, Ames High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 134 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.

Ethnicities in Story County in 2023-24 School Year

White [78.2%]Hispanic [8.4%]Ethnicities <5% [13.3%]

Enrollment Demographics in Story County Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School NameSchool District% of Black StudentsBlack Students CountTotal School Enrollment
Ames High SchoolAmes Comm9.4%1341,427
Ames Middle SchoolAmes Comm10.8%1111,032
Edwards Elementary SchoolAmes Comm17.1%75439
Mitchell Elementary SchoolAmes Comm16.2%48296
Sawyer Elementary SchoolAmes Comm8%30375
Fellows Elementary SchoolAmes Comm5.6%29518
Meeker Elementary SchoolAmes Comm6%22365
Ballard High SchoolBallard Comm2%11553
Gilbert Middle SchoolGilbert Comm2.5%10404
Ballard Middle SchoolBallard Comm1.7%7409
Nevada High SchoolNevada Comm1.4%7503
Gilbert Intermediate SchoolGilbert Comm2%7358
Gilbert High SchoolGilbert Comm1.3%7528
Gilbert Elementary SchoolGilbert Comm1.7%6344
Ballard East Elementary SchoolBallard Comm1.2%5431
Roland-Story High SchoolRoland-Story Comm1.2%4344
Nevada Middle SchoolNevada Comm1%4421
Collins-Maxwell Middle/High SchoolCollins-Maxwell Comm1.9%4208
Central Elementary SchoolNevada Comm0.5%3547
Collins-Maxwell Elementary SchoolCollins-Maxwell Comm1.2%2164
Ballard West Elementary SchoolBallard Comm0.5%2412
Roland-Story Middle SchoolRoland-Story Comm0.7%2300
Colo-NESCO Middle/High SchoolColo-NESCO Comm0.5%1219
Roland-Story Elementary SchoolRoland-Story Comm0.3%1397
Colo-Nesco Elementary SchoolColo-NESCO Comm0%0126

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