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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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Pleasantville Comm School District

Pleasantville, IA

Students
827
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$11,563

-14.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +11.2% enrollment

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Alburnett Comm School District

Alburnett, IA

Students
825
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$11,176

-5.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +16.0% enrollment

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Interstate 35 Comm School District

Truro, IA

Students
825
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$13,973

+2.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.4% enrollment

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Alta-Aurelia Comm School District

Alta, IA

Students
822
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$13,175

-3.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.6% enrollment

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Treynor Comm School District

Treynor, IA

Students
816
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$11,379

-1.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.3% enrollment

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Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District

Letts, IA

Students
810
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$13,158

+1.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.8% enrollment

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Bellevue Comm School District

Bellevue, IA

Students
804
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$11,160

-1.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.3% enrollment

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Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District

Sumner, IA

Students
804
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$13,756

+2.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.9% enrollment

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Grundy Center Comm School District

Grundy Center, IA

Students
796
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$12,102

-9.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.4% enrollment

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Central Lyon Comm School District

Rock Rapids, IA

Students
794
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$12,793

-8.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.4% enrollment

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Manson Northwest Webster Comm School District

Manson, IA

Students
793
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$11,697

-3.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.2% enrollment

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Central Springs Comm School District

Manly, IA

Students
777
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$13,653

-7.6% spending / pupil after inflation · 0.0% enrollment

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Emmetsburg Comm School District

Emmetsburg, IA

Students
771
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,520

+3.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.0% enrollment

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Ogden Comm School District

Ogden, IA

Students
771
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$11,865

-3.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.5% enrollment

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AHSTW Comm School District

Avoca, IA

Students
765
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,043

-3.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.2% enrollment

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West Fork Comm School District

Rockwell, IA

Students
760
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$14,059

-2.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.7% enrollment

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Lisbon Comm School District

Lisbon, IA

Students
759
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$12,474

-1.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +11.9% enrollment

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Lawton-Bronson Comm School District

Lawton, IA

Students
745
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$11,772

-11.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.4% enrollment

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Missouri Valley Comm School District

Missouri Valley, IA

Students
745
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,627

+2.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.5% enrollment

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Postville Comm School District

Postville, IA

Students
739
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$14,212

-3.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.3% enrollment

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West Sioux Comm School District

Hawarden, IA

Students
738
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$15,026

+6.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.6% enrollment

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Logan-Magnolia Comm School District

Logan, IA

Students
728
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$11,060

-6.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.6% enrollment

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Tri-Center Comm School District

Neola, IA

Students
720
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$12,346

-2.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.7% enrollment

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Colfax-Mingo Comm School District

Colfax, IA

Students
715
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$14,843

+18.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.9% enrollment

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IKM-Manning Comm School District

Manning, IA

Students
713
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$14,017

+5.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.7% enrollment

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Pocahontas Area Comm School District

Pocahontas, IA

Students
706
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,755

-3.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.0% enrollment

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Panorama Comm School District

Panora, IA

Students
700
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,669

+1.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.2% enrollment

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Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm School District

Sibley, IA

Students
699
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,230

+16.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.3% enrollment

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Maquoketa Valley Comm School District

Delhi, IA

Students
698
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$13,348

0.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.1% enrollment

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Belmond-Klemme Comm School District

Belmond, IA

Students
689
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,829

-5.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.0% 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.