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There were 1,191 white students enrolled in Crawford County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.6% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Crawford County welcomed 2,784 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 42.8% of the student body to be the second represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 11 schools in the county, Denison High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 251 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 white Students	white Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Denison High School	Denison Comm	32.5%	251	773
Denison Elementary School	Denison Comm	26.2%	146	557
Boyer Valley Elementary School	Boyer Valley Comm	87.8%	144	164
Denison Middle School	Denison Comm	27.3%	134	490
Ar-We-Va Elementary Community School	Ar-We-Va Comm	89.3%	109	122
Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School	Charter Oak-Ute Comm	94.9%	93	98
Westside Junior-Senior High School	Ar-We-Va Comm	74.3%	84	113
Broadway Elementary School	Denison Comm	26.3%	73	278
Schleswig Elementary School	Schleswig Comm	77.6%	59	76
Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School	Charter Oak-Ute Comm	88.5%	54	61
Schleswig Middle School	Schleswig Comm	84.6%	44	52