Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District
A public school district in Grimes, Iowa, with 7 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 3,760
- Students enrolled
- 248.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 522.8
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,347
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 3,760 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,594th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 24th of 329 in Iowa. Larger than 85% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,347 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 11% 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
Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District spent $11,347 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,596 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 | $11,347 | $42.7 million | 3,767 |
| FY2022 | $10,874 | $39.8 million | 3,660 |
| FY2021 | $10,095 | $35.5 million | 3,521 |
| FY2020 | $9,803 | $34.1 million | 3,478 |
| FY2019 | $9,443 | $31.6 million | 3,349 |
| FY2018 | $9,808 | $29.9 million | 3,047 |
| FY2017 | $9,603 | $27.7 million | 2,882 |
| FY2016 | $9,896 | $26.6 million | 2,683 |
| FY2015 | $9,748 | $24.6 million | 2,528 |
| FY2014 | $9,462 | $22.9 million | 2,418 |
| FY2013 | $8,741 | $20.2 million | 2,313 |
| FY2012 | $8,852 | $19.0 million | 2,150 |
| FY2011 | $8,480 | $17.8 million | 2,095 |
| FY2010 | $8,696 | $16.9 million | 1,944 |
| FY2009 | $7,983 | $15.9 million | 1,994 |
| FY2008 | $7,296 | $13.8 million | 1,898 |
| FY2007 | $7,231 | $12.9 million | 1,780 |
| FY2006 | $6,865 | $11.7 million | 1,701 |
| FY2005 | $6,596 | $10.8 million | 1,638 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $2.2 million | 3.5% |
| State | $28.9 million | 45.7% |
| Local | $32.1 million | 50.8% |
| Total | $63.3 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
7 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| DC-G Oak View | 537 |
| Dallas Center Elementary | 169 |
| Dallas Center-Grimes High School | 1,073 |
| Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School | 586 |
| Heritage Elementary | 530 |
| North Ridge Elementary | 412 |
| South Prairie Elementary | 436 |
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
- 1908520
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