WC Iowa News

There were 666 students enrolled in Audubon County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.5% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.3% identified as male and 47.7% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 92.6% of the student body, the largest percentage in Audubon County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 4.4%, 2.4% multiracial and 0.6% Black.

Audubon Middle-High School had the highest enrollment among Audubon County’s three schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 298 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	Audubon Middle-High School	Audubon Comm	296	298	0.7%
2	Audubon Elementary School	Audubon Comm	212	204	-3.8%
3	Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Elementary School	Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Comm	175	164	-6.3%