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Perry Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Perry Comm School District runs 3 public schools with 1,735 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
- 3
- Students
- 1,735
- Teachers (FTE)
- 127
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1102 Willis Ave. Ste 200, Perry, IA 50220
- Phone
- (515)465-4656
- County
- Dallas County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1922530
- State district ID
- IA-255184 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 273
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 289 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
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 (1,769), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $30.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.6 million
- State revenue
- $16.6 million
- Local revenue
- $9.3 million
- Total spending
- $30.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,320
- Salaries
- $13.9 million45.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $24.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.0%
- State: 54.4%
- Local: 30.5%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,320
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Perry Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Perry Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 816 | 13.0 |
| Perry High School | High | 9 to 12 | 549 | 15.2 |
| Perry Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 370 | 13.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Dallas County
- Waukee Comm School District 13,917 students
- Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District 3,760 students
- Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District 2,278 students
- Woodward-Granger Comm School District 1,230 students
- Van Meter Comm School District 1,146 students
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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.