Ames Today

There were 15 Native American students enrolled in Story County schools in the 2023-24 school year, the same number as 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, Native American students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in the county, Gilbert High School and Ballard Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Native American students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of three 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 Native American Students	Native American Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Gilbert High School	Gilbert Comm	0.6%	3	528
Ballard Middle School	Ballard Comm	0.7%	3	409
Ames High School	Ames Comm	0.1%	2	1,427
Roland-Story Elementary School	Roland-Story Comm	0.5%	2	397
Fellows Elementary School	Ames Comm	0.4%	2	518
Roland-Story Middle School	Roland-Story Comm	0.3%	1	300
Nevada Middle School	Nevada Comm	0.2%	1	421
Ames Middle School	Ames Comm	0.1%	1	1,032
Roland-Story High School	Roland-Story Comm	0%	0	344
Edwards Elementary School	Ames Comm	0%	0	439
Meeker Elementary School	Ames Comm	0%	0	365
Nevada High School	Nevada Comm	0%	0	503
Central Elementary School	Nevada Comm	0%	0	547
Gilbert Middle School	Gilbert Comm	0%	0	404
Gilbert Intermediate School	Gilbert Comm	0%	0	358
Mitchell Elementary School	Ames Comm	0%	0	296
Gilbert Elementary School	Gilbert Comm	0%	0	344
Colo-NESCO Middle/High School	Colo-NESCO Comm	0%	0	219
Colo-Nesco Elementary School	Colo-NESCO Comm	0%	0	126
Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School	Collins-Maxwell Comm	0%	0	208
Collins-Maxwell Elementary School	Collins-Maxwell Comm	0%	0	164
Ballard West Elementary School	Ballard Comm	0%	0	412
Sawyer Elementary School	Ames Comm	0%	0	375
Ballard High School	Ballard Comm	0%	0	553
Ballard East Elementary School	Ballard Comm	0%	0	431