Central Iowa Times

There were 1,437 white students enrolled in Wright County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.4% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Wright County welcomed 2,559 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 56.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the nine schools in the county, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 230 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
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Elementary School	Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Comm	51.6%	230	446
Belmond-Klemme Community Junior-Senior High School	Belmond-Klemme Comm	67.2%	203	302
Eagle Grove Elementary School	Eagle Grove Comm	51.6%	195	378
Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School	Belmond-Klemme Comm	57.3%	188	328
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows High School	Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Comm	62.1%	185	298
Eagle Grove High School	Eagle Grove Comm	53.1%	171	322
Robert Blue School	Eagle Grove Comm	50.5%	140	277
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Middle School	Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Comm	61%	119	195
Belmond-Klemme Alternative School	Belmond-Klemme Comm	46.2%	6	13