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Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District runs 7 public schools with 3,760 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.2 students per teacher is 0.8 higher than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 3,760
- Teachers (FTE)
- 248
- Students per teacher
- 15.2
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2405 W 1st Street, Grimes, IA 50111
- Phone
- (515)992-3866
- County
- Dallas County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1908520
- State district ID
- IA-251576 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 522
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 313 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.2
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 (3,521), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $52.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.3 million
- State revenue
- $24.5 million
- Local revenue
- $24.7 million
- Total spending
- $63.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,964
- Salaries
- $21.7 million34.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $75.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.3%
- State: 46.6%
- Local: 47.1%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,964
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dallas Center Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 169 | 12.1 |
| Dallas Center-Grimes High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,073 | 17.0 |
| Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School | Middle | 5 to 6 | 586 | 13.6 |
| DC-G Oak View | Middle | 7 to 8 | 537 | 15.3 |
| Heritage Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 530 | 17.7 |
| North Ridge Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 412 | 14.7 |
| South Prairie Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 436 | 13.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Dallas County
- Waukee Comm School District 13,917 students
- Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District 2,278 students
- Perry Comm School District 1,735 students
- Woodward-Granger Comm School District 1,230 students
- Van Meter Comm School District 1,146 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.