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Council Bluffs Comm School District

A public school district in Council Bluffs, Iowa, with 15 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

8,347
Students enrolled
565.4
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,246.8
All staff, full-time equivalent
$15,071
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 8,347 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,105th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 11th of 329 in Iowa. Larger than 93% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $15,071 in fiscal year 2023
More than 45% 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

Council Bluffs Comm School District spent $15,071 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,495 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
Council Bluffs Comm School District spent $15,071 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,495 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.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$15,071$132.4 million8,784
FY2022$14,703$129.3 million8,792
FY2021$13,560$120.8 million8,910
FY2020$12,508$115.1 million9,201
FY2019$12,922$117.5 million9,094
FY2018$12,048$115.5 million9,584
FY2017$11,373$110.3 million9,699
FY2016$11,292$108.7 million9,623
FY2015$10,880$104.5 million9,605
FY2014$10,231$97.3 million9,509
FY2013$10,012$94.5 million9,438
FY2012$9,722$92.1 million9,472
FY2011$9,482$91.5 million9,652
FY2010$9,477$92.7 million9,779
FY2009$9,581$88.6 million9,246
FY2008$8,566$80.7 million9,425
FY2007$7,873$76.0 million9,659
FY2006$7,453$71.7 million9,627
FY2005$7,495$70.4 million9,396

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Council Bluffs Comm School District by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$26.7 million15.7%
State$90.6 million53.1%
Local$53.3 million31.3%
Total$170.6 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

15 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Council Bluffs Comm School District
SchoolStudents
Abraham Lincoln High School1,333
Anne E. Nelson Early Learning Center119
Bloomer Elementary School396
Carter Lake Elementary School301
College View Elementary488
Edison Elementary School384
Franklin Elementary School421
Gerald W Kirn Middle School913
Hoover Elementary School401
Lewis & Clark Elementary School271
Longfellow Elementary School431
Roosevelt Elementary School455
Rue Elementary School385
Thomas Jefferson High School1,146
Woodrow Wilson Middle School855

The district’s entry

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
1908220

Elsewhere

Sources

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