Regular local school district · Wapello County
Cardinal Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Cardinal Comm School District runs 3 public schools with 1,079 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.8 students per teacher is 1.6 lower than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,079
- Teachers (FTE)
- 84
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 4045 Ashland Rd, Eldon, IA 52554
- Phone
- (641)652-7531
- County
- Wapello County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1906240
- State district ID
- IA-900977 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 196
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 360 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.8
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 (1,066), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $14.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.5 million
- State revenue
- $5.8 million
- Local revenue
- $6.9 million
- Total spending
- $12.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,382
- Salaries
- $6.0 million49.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $6.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.4%
- State: 41.1%
- Local: 48.5%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,382
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Cardinal Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cardinal Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 495 | 13.0 |
| Cardinal High School | High | 9 to 12 | 270 | 12.9 |
| Cardinal Junior High | Middle | 5 to 8 | 314 | 18.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Wapello County
- Ottumwa Comm School District 5,024 students
- Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont CSD 916 students
- Great Prairie AEA
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.