Regular local school district · Dubuque County
Dubuque Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Dubuque Comm School District runs 19 public schools with 10,262 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.1 students per teacher is 1.3 lower than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 10,262
- Teachers (FTE)
- 786
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2300 Chaney Road, Dubuque, IA 52001
- Phone
- (563)552-3000
- County
- Dubuque County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1909480
- State district ID
- IA-311863 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,704
- School counselors (FTE)
- 31.0About 331 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 33.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.1
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 (10,746), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $168.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $18.5 million
- State revenue
- $88.1 million
- Local revenue
- $61.4 million
- Total spending
- $151.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,052
- Salaries
- $86.7 million57.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $57.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.0%
- State: 52.5%
- Local: 36.5%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,052
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Dubuque Comm School District
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 12 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Audubon Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 247 | 8.5 |
| Bryant Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 299 | 13.6 |
| Carver Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 499 | 14.7 |
| Dubuque Online School | High | 6 to 12 | 249 | 22.6 |
| Dubuque Senior High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,490 | 11.4 |
| Eisenhower Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 568 | 15.4 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,081 | 14.4 |
| George Washington Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 584 | 11.9 |
| Hempstead High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,499 | 15.5 |
| Hoover Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 292 | 13.3 |
| Irving Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 409 | 13.6 |
| John Kennedy Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 493 | 13.7 |
| Lincoln Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 257 | 9.2 |
| Marshall Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 323 | 10.8 |
| Prescott Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 352 | 8.4 |
| Sageville Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 304 | 12.7 |
| Seedlings Preschool Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 70 | 14.0 |
| Table Mound Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 425 | 13.3 |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 402 | 9.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Dubuque County
- Western Dubuque Comm School District 3,750 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.