Cherokee Community School District
A public school district in Cherokee, Iowa, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,163
- Students enrolled
- 87.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 185.1
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,203
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,163 in 2024–25
- Ranks 6,752nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 105th of 329 in Iowa. Larger than 62% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,203 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 10% 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
Cherokee Community School District spent $11,203 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,484 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.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $11,203 | $13.4 million | 1,200 |
| FY2022 | $10,834 | $12.9 million | 1,189 |
| FY2021 | $10,204 | $11.9 million | 1,162 |
| FY2020 | $9,883 | $11.6 million | 1,170 |
| FY2019 | $9,459 | $10.9 million | 1,157 |
| FY2018 | $10,454 | $10.8 million | 1,032 |
| FY2017 | $10,738 | $10.7 million | 997 |
| FY2016 | $10,315 | $10.3 million | 998 |
| FY2015 | $10,037 | $10.2 million | 1,013 |
| FY2014 | $9,445 | $9.8 million | 1,033 |
| FY2013 | $9,437 | $9.6 million | 1,022 |
| FY2012 | $9,229 | $9.2 million | 997 |
| FY2011 | $9,132 | $9.1 million | 992 |
| FY2010 | $8,865 | $9.1 million | 1,032 |
| FY2009 | $8,267 | $9.0 million | 1,090 |
| FY2008 | $8,268 | $9.0 million | 1,084 |
| FY2007 | $8,359 | $8.7 million | 1,043 |
| FY2006 | $7,863 | $8.7 million | 1,101 |
| FY2005 | $7,484 | $8.4 million | 1,126 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $1.5 million | 8.5% |
| State | $9.5 million | 53.0% |
| Local | $6.9 million | 38.5% |
| Total | $17.8 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
3 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Cherokee Elementary School | 468 |
| Cherokee Middle School | 329 |
| Washington High School | 366 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Cherokee 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
- 1907170
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 25, 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 2023
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 2023.
Data retrieved