Regular local school district · Story County
Ames Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Ames Comm School District runs 8 public schools with 4,728 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 4,728
- Teachers (FTE)
- 337
- Students per teacher
- 14.0
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2005 24th St, Ames, IA 50010
- Phone
- (515)268-6600
- County
- Story County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1903540
- State district ID
- IA-850225 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 632
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 364 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 16.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.0
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 (4,709), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $83.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.8 million
- State revenue
- $29.8 million
- Local revenue
- $49.2 million
- Total spending
- $122.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $25,974
- Salaries
- $36.3 million29.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $118.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.7%
- State: 35.6%
- Local: 58.7%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$25,974
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Ames Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ames High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,440 | 17.8 |
| Ames Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,033 | 15.0 |
| Edwards Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 436 | 13.2 |
| Fellows Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 489 | 13.2 |
| Meeker Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 361 | 11.3 |
| Mitchell Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 314 | 12.6 |
| Northwood Pre-School | Prekindergarten | PK | 244 | 24.4 |
| Sawyer Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 371 | 11.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Story County
- Ballard Comm School District 1,966 students
- Gilbert Comm School District 1,682 students
- Nevada Comm School District 1,572 students
- Roland-Story Comm School District 1,094 students
- Colo-NESCO Comm School District 385 students
- Collins-Maxwell Comm School District 372 students
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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.