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Urbandale Community School District
A public school district in Urbandale, Iowa, with 6 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 4,208
- Students enrolled
- 300.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 657.7
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,546
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 4,208 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,308th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 23rd of 329 in Iowa. Larger than 87% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,546 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 21% 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
Urbandale Community School District spent $13,490 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $6,778 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: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $13,490 | $57.4 million | 4,255 |
| FY2023 | $12,546 | $54.0 million | 4,308 |
| FY2022 | $12,327 | $52.3 million | 4,241 |
| FY2021 | $11,771 | $47.9 million | 4,072 |
| FY2020 | $10,889 | $46.7 million | 4,288 |
| FY2019 | $10,853 | $46.2 million | 4,255 |
| FY2018 | $12,450 | $45.5 million | 3,652 |
| FY2017 | $12,008 | $43.8 million | 3,647 |
| FY2016 | $11,636 | $42.5 million | 3,653 |
| FY2015 | $11,558 | $41.6 million | 3,599 |
| FY2014 | $11,254 | $40.7 million | 3,617 |
| FY2013 | $10,309 | $37.3 million | 3,622 |
| FY2012 | $9,956 | $35.2 million | 3,532 |
| FY2011 | $9,541 | $33.7 million | 3,529 |
| FY2010 | $9,620 | $32.8 million | 3,412 |
| FY2009 | $8,630 | $32.4 million | 3,755 |
| FY2008 | $8,290 | $30.1 million | 3,635 |
| FY2007 | $7,934 | $27.8 million | 3,507 |
| FY2006 | $7,464 | $25.2 million | 3,372 |
| FY2005 | $6,778 | $22.4 million | 3,308 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $4.1 million | 5.6% |
| State | $29.2 million | 39.3% |
| Local | $41.0 million | 55.1% |
| Total | $74.4 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
6 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Karen Acres Elementary School | 233 |
| Olmsted Elementary School | 622 |
| Urbandale High School | 1,301 |
| Urbandale Middle School | 892 |
| Valerius Elementary School | 598 |
| Webster Elementary School | 519 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Urbandale 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
- 1928680
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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