Regular local school district · Jones County
Monticello Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Monticello Comm School District runs 4 public schools with 1,023 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.6 students per teacher is 0.8 lower than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,023
- Teachers (FTE)
- 75
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 850 East Oak Street, Monticello, IA 52310
- Phone
- (319)465-3000
- County
- Jones County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1919650
- State district ID
- IA-534446 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 173
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 341 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.6
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 (1,048), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $15.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.2 million
- State revenue
- $7.6 million
- Local revenue
- $7.1 million
- Total spending
- $15.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,087
- Salaries
- $8.1 million51.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $20.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.5%
- State: 47.7%
- Local: 44.8%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,087
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Monticello Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Carpenter Elementary School | Elementary | 2 to 4 | 208 | 13.9 |
| Monticello High School | High | 9 to 12 | 320 | 12.3 |
| Monticello Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 305 | 14.5 |
| Shannon Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 1 | 166 | 16.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jones County
- Anamosa Comm School District 1,128 students
- Midland Comm School District 504 students
- Olin Consolidated School District 74 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.