River Bend Times

There were 2,671 white students enrolled in Cedar County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.9% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Cedar County welcomed 2,925 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 91.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in the county, Durant Junior/Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 317 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
Durant Junior/Senior High School	Durant Comm	93.5%	317	339
Tipton High School	Tipton Comm	94.2%	294	312
Hoover Elementary School	West Branch Comm	87.2%	286	328
Durant Elementary School	Durant Comm	91.3%	283	310
North Cedar Junior-Senior High School	North Cedar Comm	92.3%	252	273
Tipton Middle School	Tipton Comm	94.4%	252	267
Tipton Elementary School	Tipton Comm	88.8%	247	278
West Branch High School	West Branch Comm	89.9%	231	257
West Branch Middle School	West Branch Comm	87.3%	200	229
North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center	North Cedar Comm	93.5%	145	155
North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center	North Cedar Comm	93.3%	112	120
Bennett Elementary School	Bennett Comm	91.2%	52	57