Regular local school district · Marion County
Knoxville Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Knoxville Comm School District runs 4 public schools with 1,664 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,664
- Teachers (FTE)
- 120
- Students per teacher
- 13.9
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 418 S Park Lane Dr, Knoxville, IA 50138
- Phone
- (641)842-6551
- County
- Marion County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1915840
- State district ID
- IA-633375 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 265
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 277 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.9
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 (1,683), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $27.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.5 million
- State revenue
- $15.4 million
- Local revenue
- $9.8 million
- Total spending
- $29.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,354
- Salaries
- $12.6 million43.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $35.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.9%
- State: 55.7%
- Local: 35.4%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,354
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Knoxville Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Knoxville High School | High | 9 to 12 | 508 | 15.4 |
| Knoxville Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 323 | 12.4 |
| Northstar Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 348 | 14.5 |
| West Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 485 | 16.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Marion County
- Pella Comm School District 2,462 students
- Pleasantville Comm School District 825 students
- Twin Cedars Comm School District 312 students
- Melcher-Dallas Comm School District 308 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.