McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | https://educate.iowa.gov/about
McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | https://educate.iowa.gov/about
Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.7% identified as male and 49.3% as female.
Data also showed that white students made up 88% of the student body, the largest percentage in Greene County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 7.3%, 3.7% multiracial, 0.7% Black and 0.1% Asian and Native American.
Greene County Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Greene County’s five schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 433 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 | Greene County Elementary School | Greene County Comm | 440 | 433 | -1.6% |
| 2 | Greene County High School | Greene County Comm | 374 | 375 | 0.3% |
| 3 | Greene County Middle School | Greene County Comm | 346 | 357 | 3.2% |
| 4 | Paton-Churdan Junior-Senior High School | Paton-Churdan Comm | 99 | 98 | -1% |
| 5 | Paton-Churdan Elementary School | Paton-Churdan Comm | 78 | 76 | -2.6% |
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