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The largest public schools in Story County, Iowa

This ranking covers the largest public schools in Story County, Iowa, drawn from 25 qualifying public schools. Ames High School leads the list at 1,440, against a median of 417 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Story County, Iowa

Top Students

1,440

Median Students

417

LARGEST · STORY COUNTY, IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Ames High School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	High	1,440
2	Ames Middle School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	Middle	1,033
3	Central Elementary School	Nevada, IA	Nevada Comm School District	Elementary	632
4	Ballard High School	Huxley, IA	Ballard Comm School District	High	586
5	Gilbert High School	Gilbert, IA	Gilbert Comm School District	High	509
6	Nevada High School	Nevada, IA	Nevada Comm School District	High	498
7	Fellows Elementary School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	Elementary	489
8	Ballard West Elementary	Slater, IA	Ballard Comm School District	Elementary	451
9	Roland-Story Elementary School	Story City, IA	Roland-Story Comm School District	Elementary	446
10	Nevada Middle School	Nevada, IA	Nevada Comm School District	Middle	442
11	Edwards Elementary School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	Elementary	436
12	Ballard Middle School	Huxley, IA	Ballard Comm School District	Middle	418
13	Ballard East Elementary	Cambridge, IA	Ballard Comm School District	Elementary	417
14	Gilbert Elementary School	Gilbert, IA	Gilbert Comm School District	Elementary	409
15	Gilbert Middle School	Gilbert, IA	Gilbert Comm School District	Middle	408
16	Sawyer Elementary School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	Elementary	371
17	Meeker Elementary School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	Elementary	361
18	Gilbert Intermediate School	Gilbert, IA	Gilbert Comm School District	Elementary	356
19	Roland-Story Middle School	Roland, IA	Roland-Story Comm School District	Middle	331
20	Roland-Story High School	Story City, IA	Roland-Story Comm School District	High	317
21	Mitchell Elementary School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	Elementary	314
22	Colo-NESCO Middle/High School	Colo, IA	Colo-NESCO Comm School District	High	216
23	Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School	Maxwell, IA	Collins-Maxwell Comm School District	High	190
24	Collins-Maxwell Elementary School	Collins, IA	Collins-Maxwell Comm School District	Elementary	182
25	Colo-Nesco Elementary School	Zearing, IA	Colo-NESCO Comm School District	Elementary	169

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