Regular local school district · Buena Vista County
Storm Lake Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Storm Lake Comm School District runs 6 public schools with 3,003 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.1 students per teacher is 1.7 higher than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 3,003
- Teachers (FTE)
- 186
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 419 Lake Ave, Storm Lake, IA 50588
- Phone
- (712)732-8060
- County
- Buena Vista County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1927390
- State district ID
- IA-116219 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 454
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 429 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 21.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district16.1
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 (2,890), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $41.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.2 million
- State revenue
- $24.2 million
- Local revenue
- $12.0 million
- Total spending
- $49.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,004
- Salaries
- $19.3 million39.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $32.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.5%
- State: 58.5%
- Local: 28.9%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,004
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Storm Lake Comm School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| East Early Childhood Ctr | Prekindergarten | PK | 122 | 13.6 |
| St Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College High SchoolCharter | High | 12 | 50 | |
| Storm Lake Early Elementary School | Elementary | K to 1 | 437 | 13.2 |
| Storm Lake Elementary | Elementary | 2 to 5 | 822 | 16.4 |
| Storm Lake High School | High | 9 to 12 | 851 | 19.3 |
| Storm Lake Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 651 | 13.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Buena Vista County
- Alta-Aurelia Comm School District 829 students
- Sioux Central Comm School District 639 students
- Newell-Fonda Comm School District 542 students
- Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District 100 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.