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District profile / Iowa

Iowa Falls Community School District

Iowa Falls, Iowa · Public school district · #101 of 124 Iowa districts by enrollment

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1,228
Students
2024-25 school year
4
Schools
2024-25 school year
$11,388
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · about the same as the Iowa median
12.9
Students per teacher
2024-25 · Iowa median 14.4

Iowa Falls Community School District is a public school district based in Iowa Falls, Iowa, serving 1,228 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #101 of the 124 Iowa districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 19% of them. Its schools average 307 students each, fewer than the Iowa median of 419. It spends about $11,388 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.9 students per teacher.

How Iowa Falls Community compares

Iowa Falls CommunityIowa median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$11,388
Iowa median $11,630 · about the same · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$7,580
Iowa median $7,379 · about the same · FY2020-21
Students per school307
Iowa median 419 · 27% below · 2024-25
Students per teacher12.9
Iowa median 14.4 · 10% below · 2024-25
Students per counselor409
Iowa median 375 · 9% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$16.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 7%State 50%Local 43%
MeasureIowa Falls CommunityIowa medianYear
Current spending per student$11,388$11,630FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$7,580$7,379FY2020-21
Total spending$15.8 millionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$16.5 millionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)95n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)183n/a2024-25
Students per teacher12.914.42024-25
Students per counselor4093752024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Iowa median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Iowa

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DistrictStudentsSchoolsSpending per studentStudents per teacherRank
Greene County Community School DistrictJefferson1,2403$12,62713.3#98
Sheldon Community School DistrictSheldon1,2354$10,93814.4#99
Woodward-Granger Community School DistrictGranger1,2305$12,41112.8#100
Iowa Falls Community School DistrictIowa Falls · this district1,2284$11,38812.9#101
Shenandoah Community School DistrictShenandoah1,2275$12,54814.1#102

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
POLYTECH School DistrictWoodside, DE1,228$17,96515.3
Paulsboro School DistrictPaulsboro, NJ1,228$20,44011.0
Wickliffe CityWickliffe, OH1,228$2,39515.5
Tuscarawas Valley LocalZoarville, OH1,228$11,91816.6

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.