Regular local school district · Webster County
Southeast Valley Community School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Southeast Valley Community School District runs 4 public schools with 1,077 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.0 students per teacher is 1.4 lower than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,077
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1111 Beek St, Gowrie, IA 50543
- Phone
- (515)352-3133
- County
- Webster County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1999019
- State district ID
- IA-946096 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 203
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 269 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.0
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 (527), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $10.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.2 million
- State revenue
- $4.0 million
- Local revenue
- $5.0 million
- Total spending
- $8.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,467
- Salaries
- $3.8 million46.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 39.2%
- Local: 48.7%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,467
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Southeast Valley Community School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dayton Center | Elementary | PK to 4 | 200 | 12.5 |
| Southeast Valley Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 223 | 13.9 |
| Southeast Valley High School | High | 9 to 12 | 340 | 17.9 |
| Southeast Valley Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 314 | 13.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Webster County
- Fort Dodge Comm School District 3,508 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.