Van Meter Comm School District
A public school district in Van Meter, Iowa, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,146
- Students enrolled
- 65.3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 128.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $9,683
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,146 in 2024–25
- Ranks 6,826th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 108th of 329 in Iowa. Larger than 61% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $9,683 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 3% 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
Van Meter Comm School District spent $9,683 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,835 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 | $9,683 | $10.6 million | 1,090 |
| FY2022 | $9,282 | $9.7 million | 1,045 |
| FY2021 | $9,272 | $9.0 million | 972 |
| FY2020 | $9,377 | $8.4 million | 895 |
| FY2019 | $9,410 | $8.2 million | 868 |
| FY2018 | $11,357 | $7.8 million | 691 |
| FY2017 | $12,384 | $7.7 million | 622 |
| FY2016 | $11,858 | $7.2 million | 606 |
| FY2015 | $11,087 | $6.3 million | 566 |
| FY2014 | $10,133 | $5.9 million | 578 |
| FY2013 | $9,161 | $5.4 million | 590 |
| FY2012 | $9,044 | $5.3 million | 585 |
| FY2011 | $8,714 | $5.1 million | 584 |
| FY2010 | $8,847 | $5.2 million | 587 |
| FY2009 | $8,188 | $5.1 million | 623 |
| FY2008 | $7,589 | $4.7 million | 621 |
| FY2007 | $7,116 | $4.2 million | 594 |
| FY2006 | $7,076 | $4.1 million | 578 |
| FY2005 | $6,835 | $3.7 million | 539 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $437.0 thousand | 2.9% |
| State | $7.4 million | 48.9% |
| Local | $7.3 million | 48.2% |
| Total | $15.1 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 |
|---|---|
| Van Meter Elementary School | 578 |
| Van Meter High School | 316 |
| Van Meter Middle School | 252 |
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
- 1929010
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