Waterloo Times

There were 2,917 white students enrolled in Buchanan County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.1% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Buchanan County welcomed 3,116 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 93.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in the county, Independence Junior Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 661 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
Independence Junior Senior High School	Independence Comm	91.3%	661	724
West Elementary School	Independence Comm	89.5%	332	371
Jesup Elementary School	Jesup Comm	95.7%	312	326
Jesup High School	Jesup Comm	95.8%	276	288
East Buchanan Elementary School	East Buchanan Comm	96.5%	272	282
East Elementary School	Independence Comm	90%	253	281
Jesup Middle School	Jesup Comm	95.5%	232	243
Fairbank Elementary School	Wapsie Valley Comm	96.6%	169	175
East Buchanan High School	East Buchanan Comm	93.3%	167	179
East Buchanan Middle School	East Buchanan Comm	95.3%	82	86
Triumph Elementary School	Jesup Comm	100%	39	39
Rural Elementary School #2	Wapsie Valley Comm	100%	28	28
Perry #1 Elementary School	Jesup Comm	100%	27	27
Rural Elementary School #1	Wapsie Valley Comm	100%	27	27
Prairie Grove Elementary School	Jesup Comm	100%	22	22
Rural Elementary School #4	Wapsie Valley Comm	100%	18	18