Riverside Community School District
A public school district in Carson, Iowa, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 677
- Students enrolled
- 49.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 126.3
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $13,498
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 677 in 2024–25
- Ranks 9,450th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 181st of 329 in Iowa. Larger than 46% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $13,498 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 30% 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
Riverside Community School District spent $13,498 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,702 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 | $13,498 | $9.4 million | 693 |
| FY2022 | $13,255 | $8.8 million | 663 |
| FY2021 | $13,628 | $8.6 million | 631 |
| FY2020 | $12,254 | $7.9 million | 641 |
| FY2019 | $11,737 | $7.7 million | 659 |
| FY2018 | $10,935 | $8.1 million | 738 |
| FY2017 | $10,188 | $7.7 million | 751 |
| FY2016 | $9,537 | $7.0 million | 737 |
| FY2015 | $9,300 | $6.8 million | 730 |
| FY2014 | $8,972 | $6.8 million | 756 |
| FY2013 | $8,688 | $6.3 million | 721 |
| FY2012 | $8,224 | $5.9 million | 718 |
| FY2011 | $8,197 | $5.8 million | 704 |
| FY2010 | $7,754 | $5.6 million | 720 |
| FY2009 | $8,169 | $5.6 million | 681 |
| FY2008 | $8,541 | $5.7 million | 665 |
| FY2007 | $8,114 | $5.4 million | 664 |
| FY2006 | $8,150 | $5.4 million | 660 |
| FY2005 | $7,702 | $5.2 million | 678 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $742.0 thousand | 5.5% |
| State | $5.7 million | 42.3% |
| Local | $7.0 million | 52.2% |
| Total | $13.4 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
3 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Carson Elementary | 134 |
| Oakland Elementary | 178 |
| Riverside Middle/Senior High School | 365 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Riverside 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
- 1900027
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