Regular local school district · Buena Vista County
Alta-Aurelia Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Alta-Aurelia Comm School District runs 4 public schools with 829 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.2 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 829
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 101 W 5th St, Alta, IA 51002
- Phone
- (712)200-1010
- County
- Buena Vista County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1903480
- State district ID
- IA-110171 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 131
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 415 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.2
Iowa14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (829), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $5.9 million
- Local revenue
- $5.6 million
- Total spending
- $12.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,563
- Salaries
- $6.0 million50.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.4%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 44.6%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,563
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Alta-Aurelia Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alta Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 256 | 16.0 |
| Alta-Aurelia High School | High | 9 to 12 | 221 | 13.0 |
| Alta-Aurelia Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 228 | 12.7 |
| Aurelia Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 124 | 15.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Buena Vista County
- Storm Lake Comm School District 3,003 students
- Sioux Central Comm School District 639 students
- Newell-Fonda Comm School District 542 students
- Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District 100 students
More in Iowa
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.