Jasper County schools enrolled 233 multiracial students in the 2024-25 school year, an increase of 7.4% from the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.
Data showed that Jasper County enrolled 5,200 students in the 2024-25 school year. Multiracial students made up 4.5% of the student body, the third-largest represented ethnicity in the county.
Of the county’s 17 schools, Newton Senior High School had the largest multiracial enrollment in the 2024-25 school year, with 48 students.
Iowa’s certified K-12 enrollment declined slightly in the 2025-26 school year, according to the Iowa Department of Education. Total certified enrollment across public and accredited nonpublic schools fell 0.9% to 515,221 students. Public district and charter school enrollment declined 1.53% to 473,329 students, while accredited nonpublic school enrollment rose 6.4% to 41,892.
The department also reported that 41,044 students used Students First Education Savings Accounts at accredited nonpublic schools as of the Oct. 1 certified enrollment date.
This article used data from the Iowa Department of Education. The source data can be found here.