River Bend Times

There were 3,702 white students enrolled in Muscatine County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.8% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Muscatine County welcomed 6,307 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 58.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 13 schools in the county, Muscatine High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 874 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
Muscatine High School	Muscatine Comm	59.5%	874	1,470
Wilton Elementary School	Wilton Comm	90.8%	434	478
Wilton Junior-Senior High School	Wilton Comm	90.2%	398	441
Susan Clark Junior High School	Muscatine Comm	59.1%	354	599
McKinley Elementary School	Muscatine Comm	57.7%	248	430
Madison Elementary School	Muscatine Comm	63.4%	246	388
Jefferson Elementary School	Muscatine Comm	46.3%	195	421
Grant Elementary School	Muscatine Comm	62.8%	189	301
Mulberry Elementary School	Muscatine Comm	65%	182	280
West Liberty High School	West Liberty Comm	40.3%	154	382
West Liberty Middle School	West Liberty Comm	37.9%	148	391
West Liberty Elementary School	West Liberty Comm	33.3%	146	438
Franklin Elementary School	Muscatine Comm	46.5%	134	288