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Iowa City Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending

Iowa City Comm School District runs 28 public schools with 15,013 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.8 students per teacher is about the same as the Iowa figure of 14.4.

At a glance

Schools: 28
Students: 15,013
Teachers (FTE): 1,086
Students per teacher: 13.8; IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3

Address: 1725 N. Dodge Street, Iowa City, IA 52245
Phone: (319)688-1000
County: Johnson County
Locale: City: Small
Grades offered: PK to 12
Agency type: Regular local school district
NCES district ID: 1914700
State district ID: IA-523141 000
Total staff (FTE): 2,503
School counselors (FTE): 43.0About 349 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE): 81.0

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Students per teacher compared

This district13.8

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 (14,428), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.

Total revenue: $237.0 million
Federal revenue: $15.2 million
State revenue: $105.0 million
Local revenue: $116.8 million
Total spending: $258.0 million
Spending per pupil: $17,884
Salaries: $121.3 million47.0% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year): $248.7 million

Where revenue came from

Federal: 6.4%
State: 44.3%
Local: 49.3%

Iowa overall

Federal: 10.5%
State: 48.7%
Local: 40.8%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$17,884

Iowa$15,206

United States$16,826

Schools in Iowa City Comm School District

By level: 4 high, 3 middle, 20 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.


Alexander Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	436	11.5
Bohumil Shimek Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	181	12.1
Buford Garner Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	344	13.8
Central Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	343	11.8
Christine Grant Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	426	13.3
Elizabeth Tate Alt. High SchoolCEP school	High	9 to 12	180	9.5
Ernest Horn Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	453	13.7
Grant Wood Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	306	10.9
Helen Lemme Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	340	14.2
Herbert Hoover Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	464	12.9
Horace Mann Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	207	11.5
ICCSD Online Learning Program	Other	K to 12	173	24.7
Iowa City High School	High	9 to 12	1,666	16.5
James Van Allen Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	376	15.0
Kirkwood Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	270	10.0
Liberty High School	High	9 to 12	1,286	16.7
Lincoln Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	217	14.5
Longfellow Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	325	11.2
Mark Twain Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	213	9.7
Norman Borlaug Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	405	13.1
North Central Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	925	14.7
Northwest Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	1,113	14.5
Penn Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	512	15.5
Robert Lucas Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	245	13.6
Southeast Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	1,269	15.5
Weber Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	456	10.9
West Senior High School	High	9 to 12	1,514	16.1
Wickham Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	315	15.8

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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.