Regular local school district · Warren County
Carlisle Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Carlisle Comm School District runs 4 public schools with 2,290 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.4 students per teacher is 1.0 higher than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 2,290
- Teachers (FTE)
- 149
- Students per teacher
- 15.4
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 430 School St, Carlisle, IA 50047
- Phone
- (515)989-3589
- County
- Warren County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1906270
- State district ID
- IA-910981 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 303
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 382 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 11.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.4
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 (2,262), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $29.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.9 million
- State revenue
- $17.1 million
- Local revenue
- $10.4 million
- Total spending
- $27.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,916
- Salaries
- $14.6 million54.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $25.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.6%
- State: 58.1%
- Local: 35.3%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,916
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Carlisle Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Carlisle Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 3 | 715 | 13.8 |
| Carlisle High School | High | 9 to 12 | 754 | 20.9 |
| Carlisle Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 518 | 13.3 |
| Hartford Upper Elementary | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 303 | 15.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Warren County
- Indianola Comm School District 3,599 students
- Norwalk Comm School District 3,584 students
- Martensdale-St Marys Comm School District 532 students
- Southeast Warren Comm School District 438 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.