Regular local school district · Wapello County
Ottumwa Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Ottumwa Comm School District runs 12 public schools with 5,024 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.2 students per teacher is 0.8 higher than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 5,024
- Teachers (FTE)
- 331
- Students per teacher
- 15.2
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 115 N Ferry St, Ottumwa, IA 52501
- Phone
- (641)684-6597
- County
- Wapello County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1922110
- State district ID
- IA-905049 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 737
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 386 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 22.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.2
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 (4,665), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $68.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.4 million
- State revenue
- $45.6 million
- Local revenue
- $14.4 million
- Total spending
- $64.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,753
- Salaries
- $34.6 million53.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 66.7%
- Local: 21.0%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,753
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Ottumwa Comm School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary, 1 secondary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Douma Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 2 | 327 | 11.7 |
| Eisenhower Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 248 | 13.8 |
| Evans Junior High SchoolCEP school | Secondary | 8 to 9 | 684 | 13.2 |
| Fahrney ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 490 | 16.3 |
| Gateway High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 213 | 30.4 |
| Horace Mann Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 250 | 13.2 |
| James Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 249 | 13.1 |
| Liberty Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 7 | 633 | 14.1 |
| Ottumwa High SchoolCEP school | High | 10 to 12 | 910 | 16.9 |
| Ottumwa Virtual Learning | Other | PK to 12 | 106 | |
| Pickwick Early Childhood CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 560 | 23.3 |
| Wilson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 335 | 12.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Wapello County
- Cardinal Comm School District 1,079 students
- Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont CSD 916 students
- Great Prairie AEA
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.