Dubuque Community School District
A public school district in Dubuque, Iowa, with 19 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 10,262
- Students enrolled
- 787
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,704.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $13,808
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 10,262 in 2024–25
- Ranks 863rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 9th of 329 in Iowa. Larger than 95% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $13,808 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 33% 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
Dubuque Community School District spent $13,896 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,553 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: The College Scorecard
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $13,896 | $145.2 million | 10,451 |
| FY2023 | $13,808 | $145.2 million | 10,518 |
| FY2022 | $13,854 | $145.9 million | 10,535 |
| FY2021 | $12,886 | $138.5 million | 10,746 |
| FY2020 | $12,290 | $136.0 million | 11,064 |
| FY2019 | $12,228 | $135.3 million | 11,062 |
| FY2018 | $11,745 | $131.7 million | 11,216 |
| FY2017 | $11,390 | $128.6 million | 11,294 |
| FY2016 | $11,426 | $129.3 million | 11,312 |
| FY2015 | $11,449 | $129.9 million | 11,350 |
| FY2014 | $10,817 | $122.5 million | 11,325 |
| FY2013 | $9,995 | $112.7 million | 11,275 |
| FY2012 | $9,759 | $109.4 million | 11,208 |
| FY2011 | $9,375 | $104.7 million | 11,172 |
| FY2010 | $9,309 | $105.5 million | 11,336 |
| FY2009 | $9,351 | $104.8 million | 11,209 |
| FY2008 | $9,369 | $100.0 million | 10,675 |
| FY2007 | $8,661 | $92.5 million | 10,682 |
| FY2006 | $8,308 | $87.5 million | 10,536 |
| FY2005 | $7,553 | $77.3 million | 10,241 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $13.5 million | 7.8% |
| State | $92.6 million | 53.1% |
| Local | $68.4 million | 39.2% |
| Total | $174.4 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
19 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Dubuque 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
- 1909480
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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