Regular local school district · Fayette County
Oelwein Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Oelwein Comm School District runs 5 public schools with 1,326 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.7 students per teacher is about the same as the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,326
- Teachers (FTE)
- 97
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 307 8th Ave SE, Oelwein, IA 50662
- Phone
- (319)283-3536
- County
- Fayette County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1921630
- State district ID
- IA-334869 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 225
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 332 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.7
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 (1,316), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $21.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.0 million
- State revenue
- $11.9 million
- Local revenue
- $6.3 million
- Total spending
- $21.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,065
- Salaries
- $10.3 million48.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $11.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.1%
- State: 56.2%
- Local: 29.7%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,065
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Oelwein Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Little Husky Learning Center | Elementary | PK to K | 173 | 17.3 |
| Oelwein High School | High | 9 to 12 | 334 | 12.8 |
| Oelwein Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 350 | 16.7 |
| Oelwein Online School | Other | PK to 12 | 175 | 19.4 |
| Wings Park Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 4 | 294 | 9.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Fayette County
- North Fayette Valley Comm School District 1,052 students
- Starmont Comm School District 531 students
- West Central Comm School District 333 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.