Cedar Rapids Today

There were 2,945 white students enrolled in Washington County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.5% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Washington County welcomed 3,589 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 82.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 13 schools in the county, Mid-Prairie Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 365 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
Mid-Prairie Middle School	Mid-Prairie Comm	89%	365	410
Mid-Prairie High School	Mid-Prairie Comm	90.9%	340	374
Washington High School	Washington Comm	71%	309	435
Stewart Elementary School	Washington Comm	72%	262	364
Mid-Prairie East Elementary School	Mid-Prairie Comm	90.4%	253	280
Washington Middle School	Washington Comm	70.5%	246	349
Lincoln Upper Elementary School	Washington Comm	68.9%	237	344
Waco Elementary School	Waco Comm	89.6%	223	249
Highland Elementary School	Highland Comm	93.7%	222	237
Mid-Prairie West Elementary School	Mid-Prairie Comm	88.8%	213	240
Highland High School	Highland Comm	87.6%	148	169
Highland Middle School	Highland Comm	93.8%	105	112
Mid-Prairie Virtual Academy	Mid-Prairie Comm	84.6%	22	26