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Iowa school systems.

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341school systems
1,314operating schools connected
507,866students in finance records
325complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
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Iowa school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 325 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$13,428Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation-0.8%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+21.7%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-1.2%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems325 systems in every year
201920202021202220232024516,724506,061
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$13,989$13,542

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Monticello Comm School District

Monticello, IA

Students
1,043
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$12,973

-8.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.1% enrollment

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Eagle Grove Comm School District

Eagle Grove, IA

Students
1,042
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$12,819

-8.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.1% enrollment

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Red Oak Comm School District

Red Oak, IA

Students
1,013
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,670

-5.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.8% enrollment

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Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Comm School District

Clarion, IA

Students
1,010
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$14,707

-3.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.6% enrollment

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Osage Comm School District

Osage, IA

Students
996
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,387

+3.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.7% enrollment

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Union Comm School District

La Porte City, IA

Students
985
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$13,394

-1.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.1% enrollment

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Denver Comm School District

Denver, IA

Students
979
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$11,213

+1.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +11.8% enrollment

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Mediapolis Comm School District

Mediapolis, IA

Students
972
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$11,497

-9.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.5% enrollment

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West Lyon Comm School District

Inwood, IA

Students
972
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$11,631

-3.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.6% enrollment

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Rock Valley Comm School District

Rock Valley, IA

Students
970
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$11,827

-11.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.2% enrollment

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Wilton Comm School District

Wilton, IA

Students
965
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$12,448

-1.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.7% enrollment

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Dike-New Hartford Comm School District

Dike, IA

Students
957
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$12,605

-4.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.7% enrollment

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Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Comm School District

Garner, IA

Students
955
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$12,232

-7.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.5% enrollment

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Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Comm School District

Ida Grove, IA

Students
947
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$13,108

-0.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.9% enrollment

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Camanche Comm School District

Camanche, IA

Students
946
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,298

-2.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.7% enrollment

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West Marshall Comm School District

State Center, IA

Students
936
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$11,528

+3.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.9% enrollment

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South Central Calhoun Comm School District

Rockwell City, IA

Students
915
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,873

+10.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.6% enrollment

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Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont CSD

Eddyville, IA

Students
912
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$15,758

+18.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.5% enrollment

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West Burlington Ind School District

West Burlington, IA

Students
900
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$11,318

-5.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.5% enrollment

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Hudson Comm School District

Hudson, IA

Students
894
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$11,653

-8.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +16.1% enrollment

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Tipton Comm School District

Tipton, IA

Students
894
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$12,793

+6.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.1% enrollment

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MFL MarMac Comm School District

Monona, IA

Students
891
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$12,692

-6.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.2% enrollment

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Northeast Comm School District

Goose Lake, IA

Students
869
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$12,570

-4.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.8% enrollment

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West Branch Comm School District

West Branch, IA

Students
864
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$12,650

-11.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.3% enrollment

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Underwood Comm School District

Underwood, IA

Students
862
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$11,592

-9.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.0% enrollment

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West Central Valley Comm School District

Stuart, IA

Students
855
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$15,139

+15.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.1% enrollment

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Aplington-Parkersburg Comm School District

Parkersburg, IA

Students
852
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$12,543

-3.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.4% enrollment

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Hinton Comm School District

Hinton, IA

Students
842
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$12,007

-6.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.2% enrollment

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Van Buren County Comm School District

Keosauqua, IA

Students
834
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,062

+6.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +19.3% enrollment

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East Sac County Comm School District

Lake View, IA

Students
831
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$12,132

-15.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.5% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.