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Western Dubuque Community School District
A public school district in Farley, Iowa, with 8 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 3,750
- Students enrolled
- 268.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 530.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,836
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 3,750 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,603rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 25th of 329 in Iowa. Larger than 85% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,836 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 15% 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
Western Dubuque Community School District spent $12,228 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,063 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 | $12,228 | $45.8 million | 3,749 |
| FY2023 | $11,836 | $44.3 million | 3,742 |
| FY2022 | $11,657 | $43.4 million | 3,725 |
| FY2021 | $11,153 | $41.3 million | 3,701 |
| FY2020 | $10,937 | $39.8 million | 3,642 |
| FY2019 | $10,679 | $38.5 million | 3,606 |
| FY2018 | $11,128 | $37.7 million | 3,390 |
| FY2017 | $10,616 | $36.6 million | 3,451 |
| FY2016 | $10,343 | $34.9 million | 3,374 |
| FY2015 | $10,153 | $33.7 million | 3,321 |
| FY2014 | $9,916 | $32.3 million | 3,258 |
| FY2013 | $9,692 | $31.8 million | 3,277 |
| FY2012 | $9,269 | $29.7 million | 3,202 |
| FY2011 | $8,939 | $28.5 million | 3,186 |
| FY2010 | $8,886 | $27.4 million | 3,081 |
| FY2009 | $8,775 | $25.5 million | 2,904 |
| FY2008 | $8,470 | $24.3 million | 2,864 |
| FY2007 | $8,232 | $22.8 million | 2,771 |
| FY2006 | $7,525 | $21.7 million | 2,889 |
| FY2005 | $7,063 | $20.0 million | 2,838 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $3.0 million | 5.2% |
| State | $27.0 million | 46.8% |
| Local | $27.6 million | 47.9% |
| Total | $57.6 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
8 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Cascade Elementary School | 305 |
| Cascade Junior-Senior High School | 392 |
| Drexler Middle School | 639 |
| Dyersville Elementary School | 322 |
| Epworth Elementary School | 360 |
| Farley Elementary School | 273 |
| Peosta Elementary School | 425 |
| Western Dubuque High School | 927 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Western 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
- 1931350
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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