Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 80.5% of Clinton County’s student body in 2023-24 school year

McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | https://educate.iowa.gov/about

By River Bend Times

May 18, 2025

There were 5,549 white students enrolled in Clinton County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.4% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Clinton County welcomed 6,890 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 80.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in the county, Clinton High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 679 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.

Ethnicities in Clinton County in 2023-24 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Clinton County Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School Name	School District	% of white Students	white Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Clinton High School	Clinton Comm	71.9%	679	945
Clinton Middle School	Clinton Comm	66.4%	500	753
Central DeWitt High School	Central DeWitt	87.8%	477	543
Northeast Middle-High School	Northeast Comm	91.8%	439	478
Ekstrand Elementary School	Central DeWitt	89.4%	372	416
Northeast Elementary School	Northeast Comm	93.7%	325	347
Eagle Heights Elementary School	Clinton Comm	78.2%	322	412
Camanche Elementary School	Camanche Comm	88%	286	325
Central DeWitt Intermediate School	Central DeWitt	87%	281	323
Camanche High School	Camanche Comm	89.8%	272	303
Whittier Elementary School	Clinton Comm	79.5%	268	337
Camanche Middle School	Camanche Comm	89%	243	273
Central DeWitt Middle School	Central DeWitt	91.4%	212	232
Bluff Elementary School	Clinton Comm	59%	210	356
Calamus-Wheatland Sec Attendance Center	Calamus-Wheatland Comm	94.6%	194	205
Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center	Calamus-Wheatland Comm	93.8%	181	193
Jefferson Elementary School	Clinton Comm	53.2%	173	325
Delwood Elementary School	Delwood Comm	92.7%	115	124