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Saydel Community School District
A public school district in Des Moines, Iowa, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,409
- Students enrolled
- 95.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 196.1
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $15,826
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,409 in 2024–25
- Ranks 5,951st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 81st of 329 in Iowa. Larger than 66% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $15,826 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 51% 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
Saydel Community School District spent $14,342 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,442 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 | $14,342 | $19.7 million | 1,376 |
| FY2023 | $15,826 | $21.2 million | 1,337 |
| FY2022 | $14,530 | $19.7 million | 1,356 |
| FY2021 | $13,855 | $18.1 million | 1,309 |
| FY2020 | $11,996 | $16.9 million | 1,413 |
| FY2019 | $12,103 | $16.4 million | 1,359 |
| FY2018 | $13,568 | $16.2 million | 1,195 |
| FY2017 | $13,590 | $16.1 million | 1,185 |
| FY2016 | $13,444 | $16.1 million | 1,197 |
| FY2015 | $12,180 | $14.9 million | 1,222 |
| FY2014 | $11,856 | $14.4 million | 1,216 |
| FY2013 | $10,809 | $13.5 million | 1,246 |
| FY2012 | $10,781 | $13.6 million | 1,258 |
| FY2011 | $10,638 | $13.2 million | 1,242 |
| FY2010 | $10,007 | $12.9 million | 1,292 |
| FY2009 | $9,547 | $12.8 million | 1,340 |
| FY2008 | $8,524 | $12.5 million | 1,464 |
| FY2007 | $8,270 | $11.9 million | 1,442 |
| FY2006 | $7,636 | $11.1 million | 1,457 |
| FY2005 | $7,442 | $10.6 million | 1,424 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $2.2 million | 7.8% |
| State | $5.5 million | 19.7% |
| Local | $20.4 million | 72.5% |
| Total | $28.1 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 |
|---|---|
| Cornell Elementary School | 555 |
| Saydel High School | 458 |
| Woodside Middle School | 396 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Saydel 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
- 1925320
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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