Cedar Rapids Today

There were 3,589 students enrolled in Washington County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.8% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51% identified as male, 48.9% as female, and 0.1% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

Data also showed that white students made up 82.1% of the student body, the largest percentage in Washington County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 13.6%, 3% multiracial, 0.6% Black, 0.5% Asian and 0.1% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and Native American.

Washington High School had the highest enrollment among Washington County’s 13 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 435 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	Washington High School	Washington Comm	471	435	-7.6%
2	Mid-Prairie Middle School	Mid-Prairie Comm	430	410	-4.7%
3	Mid-Prairie High School	Mid-Prairie Comm	379	374	-1.3%
4	Stewart Elementary School	Washington Comm	361	364	0.8%
5	Washington Middle School	Washington Comm	350	349	-0.3%
6	Lincoln Upper Elementary School	Washington Comm	351	344	-2%
7	Mid-Prairie East Elementary School	Mid-Prairie Comm	272	280	2.9%
8	Waco Elementary School	Waco Comm	257	249	-3.1%
9	Mid-Prairie West Elementary School	Mid-Prairie Comm	252	240	-4.8%
10	Highland Elementary School	Highland Comm	233	237	1.7%
11	Highland High School	Highland Comm	171	169	-1.2%
12	Highland Middle School	Highland Comm	111	112	0.9%
13	Mid-Prairie Virtual Academy	Mid-Prairie Comm	15	26	73.3%