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Webster City Community School District

Webster City, Iowa · Public school district · #55 of 124 Iowa districts by enrollment

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1,796

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,074

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Iowa median

15.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Iowa median 14.4

Webster City Community School District is a public school district based in Webster City, Iowa, serving 1,796 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #55 of the 124 Iowa districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 56% of them. Its schools average 359 students each, fewer than the Iowa median of 419. It spends about $12,074 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.5 students per teacher.

How Webster City Community compares

Webster City CommunityIowa median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,074

Iowa median $11,630 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,763

Iowa median $7,379 · 5% above · FY2020-21

Students per school359

Iowa median 419 · 14% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.5

Iowa median 14.4 · 8% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor257

Iowa median 375 · 31% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$28.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 53%Local 36%

Measure	Webster City Community	Iowa median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,074	$11,630	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,763	$7,379	FY2020-21
Total spending	$24.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$28.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	116	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	269	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.5	14.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	257	375	2024-25

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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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Fort Madison Community School DistrictFort Madison	1,808	2	$11,903	13.7	#53
Mount Pleasant Community School DistrictMount Pleasant	1,799	7	$12,118	12.8	#54
Webster City Community School DistrictWebster City · this district	1,796	5	$12,074	15.5	#55
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Community School DistrictSergeant Bluff	1,777	4	$11,386	16.0	#56
Sioux Center Community School DistrictSioux Center	1,756	5	$11,556	14.6	#57

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Berryville School DistrictBerryville, AR	1,797	$11,703	10.5
South Jefferson Central School DistrictAdams Center, NY	1,797	$17,037	12.3
Cambridge CityCambridge, OH	1,797	$12,499	15.0
Meigs CountyDecatur, TN	1,797	$9,587	n/a

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ia-webster-city-community-school-district