Regular local school district · Page County
Essex Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Essex Comm School District runs 2 public schools with 188 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.9 students per teacher is 4.5 lower than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 188
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19
- Students per teacher
- 9.9
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 111 Forbes St, Essex, IA 51638
- Phone
- (712)379-3117
- County
- Page County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1911040
- State district ID
- IA-732113 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 43
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.9
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 (190), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $633,000
- State revenue
- $1.6 million
- Local revenue
- $1.9 million
- Total spending
- $3.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,179
- Salaries
- $1.8 million48.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $687,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.4%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 46.7%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,179
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Essex Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Essex Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 101 | 14.4 |
| Essex Junior-Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 87 | 9.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Page County
- Shenandoah Comm School District 1,227 students
- Clarinda Comm School District 1,084 students
- South Page Comm School District 36 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.