Regular local school district · Poweshiek County
Grinnell-Newburg Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Grinnell-Newburg Comm School District runs 5 public schools with 1,566 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,566
- Teachers (FTE)
- 104
- Students per teacher
- 15.1
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 925 Broad Street, Grinnell, IA 50112
- Phone
- (641)236-2700
- County
- Poweshiek County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1913200
- State district ID
- IA-792709 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 246
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 313 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.1
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 (1,622), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $26.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.6 million
- State revenue
- $12.9 million
- Local revenue
- $11.5 million
- Total spending
- $22.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,140
- Salaries
- $12.6 million54.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $876,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.3%
- State: 49.6%
- Local: 44.1%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,140
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Grinnell-Newburg Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bailey Park Elementary School | Elementary | K to 2 | 147 | 14.7 |
| Davis Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 4 | 213 | 16.4 |
| Fairview Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 242 | 14.2 |
| Grinnell Community Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 420 | 13.1 |
| Grinnell Community Senior High School | High | 9 to 12 | 512 | 17.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Poweshiek County
- Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Comm School District 568 students
- Montezuma Comm School District 464 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.