Central Iowa Times

There were 1,513 students enrolled in Humboldt County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.5% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.2% identified as male and 49.8% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 84.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Humboldt County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 10.6%, 2.7% multiracial, 0.9% Black, 0.5% Asian and 0.3% Native American.

Humboldt High School had the highest enrollment among Humboldt County’s six schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 464 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	Humboldt High School	Humboldt Comm	496	464	-6.5%
2	Humboldt Middle School	Humboldt Comm	440	431	-2%
3	Taft Elementary School	Humboldt Comm	396	415	4.8%
4	Clyde D. Mease Elementary School	Humboldt Comm	107	97	-9.3%
5	Gilmore City Elementary School	Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm	87	71	-18.4%
6	Twin Rivers Elementary School	Twin Rivers Comm	42	35	-16.7%