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Burlington Community School District
A public school district in Burlington, Iowa, with 8 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 3,140
- Students enrolled
- 244.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 603.3
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,619
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 3,140 in 2024–25
- Ranks 3,120th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 34th of 329 in Iowa. Larger than 82% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $14,619 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 41% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Burlington Community School District spent $15,430 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,582 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $15,430 | $49.9 million | 3,233 |
| FY2023 | $14,619 | $48.7 million | 3,334 |
| FY2022 | $13,983 | $48.1 million | 3,443 |
| FY2021 | $13,990 | $46.4 million | 3,319 |
| FY2020 | $12,582 | $45.1 million | 3,581 |
| FY2019 | $12,464 | $45.5 million | 3,652 |
| FY2018 | $10,267 | $45.5 million | 4,428 |
| FY2017 | $10,112 | $46.4 million | 4,593 |
| FY2016 | $9,960 | $46.4 million | 4,660 |
| FY2015 | $9,468 | $44.9 million | 4,742 |
| FY2014 | $9,239 | $44.5 million | 4,816 |
| FY2013 | $8,796 | $42.5 million | 4,827 |
| FY2012 | $8,409 | $39.6 million | 4,707 |
| FY2011 | $8,584 | $39.8 million | 4,636 |
| FY2010 | $8,549 | $39.7 million | 4,648 |
| FY2009 | $9,219 | $39.1 million | 4,244 |
| FY2008 | $8,799 | $37.5 million | 4,266 |
| FY2007 | $8,336 | $35.4 million | 4,244 |
| FY2006 | $7,969 | $34.1 million | 4,278 |
| FY2005 | $7,582 | $32.6 million | 4,294 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $13.7 million | 19.7% |
| State | $38.6 million | 55.7% |
| Local | $17.0 million | 24.6% |
| Total | $69.3 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
8 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Aldo Leopold Intermediate School | 412 |
| Black Hawk Elementary School | 305 |
| Burlington Community High School | 1,016 |
| Corse Early Childhood Center | 177 |
| Edward Stone Middle School | 452 |
| James Wilson Grimes School | 212 |
| North Hill Elementary School | 268 |
| Sunnyside Elementary School | 298 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Burlington Comm School District
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 1905790
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Iowa — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Iowa — A to Z, each with its page.
- Iowa on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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