River Bend Times

There were 6,307 students enrolled in Muscatine County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.4% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50% identified as female, 49.9% as male, and 0.1% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

Data also showed that white students made up 58.7% of the student body, the largest percentage in Muscatine County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 32.5%, 4.4% multiracial, 3.4% Black, 0.8% Asian and 0.3% Native American.

Muscatine High School had the highest enrollment among Muscatine County’s 13 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,470 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	Muscatine High School	Muscatine Comm	1,539	1,470	-4.5%
2	Susan Clark Junior High School	Muscatine Comm	662	599	-9.5%
3	Wilton Elementary School	Wilton Comm	488	478	-2%
4	Wilton Junior-Senior High School	Wilton Comm	427	441	3.3%
5	West Liberty Elementary School	West Liberty Comm	361	438	21.3%
6	McKinley Elementary School	Muscatine Comm	448	430	-4%
7	Jefferson Elementary School	Muscatine Comm	434	421	-3%
8	West Liberty Middle School	West Liberty Comm	399	391	-2%
9	Madison Elementary School	Muscatine Comm	425	388	-8.7%
10	West Liberty High School	West Liberty Comm	364	382	4.9%
11	Grant Elementary School	Muscatine Comm	299	301	0.7%
12	Franklin Elementary School	Muscatine Comm	265	288	8.7%
13	Mulberry Elementary School	Muscatine Comm	259	280	8.1%