Regular local school district · Webster County
Fort Dodge Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Fort Dodge Comm School District runs 7 public schools with 3,508 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.8 students per teacher is 1.4 higher than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 3,508
- Teachers (FTE)
- 222
- Students per teacher
- 15.8
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 109 N 25th St, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
- Phone
- (515)576-1161
- County
- Webster County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1911820
- State district ID
- IA-942313 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 498
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 390 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.8
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 (3,789), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $61.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.3 million
- State revenue
- $32.5 million
- Local revenue
- $22.9 million
- Total spending
- $59.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,764
- Salaries
- $27.3 million45.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $37.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.2%
- State: 52.6%
- Local: 37.1%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,764
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Fort Dodge Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Butler Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 328 | 13.7 |
| Cooper Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 231 | 14.4 |
| Duncombe Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 438 | 14.6 |
| Early Childhood CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 376 | 13.9 |
| Feelhaver Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 227 | 17.5 |
| Fort Dodge High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,020 | 17.3 |
| Fort Dodge Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 765 | 17.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Webster County
- Southeast Valley Community School District 1,077 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.