Regular local school district · Black Hawk County
Waterloo Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Waterloo Comm School District runs 18 public schools with 10,635 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.4 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 18
- Students
- 10,635
- Teachers (FTE)
- 791
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1516 Washington St, Waterloo, IA 50702
- Phone
- (319)433-1800
- County
- Black Hawk County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1930480
- State district ID
- IA-076795 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,778
- School counselors (FTE)
- 34.0About 313 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 41.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.4
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 (10,741), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $175.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $29.7 million
- State revenue
- $102.7 million
- Local revenue
- $43.2 million
- Total spending
- $164.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,293
- Salaries
- $83.9 million51.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $88.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.9%
- State: 58.5%
- Local: 24.6%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,293
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Waterloo Comm School District
By level: 3 high, 4 middle, 11 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bunger Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 440 | 12.6 |
| Central Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 469 | 13.4 |
| Cunningham SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 443 | 13.0 |
| East High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,016 | 16.7 |
| Expo Alternative Learning CenterCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 561 | 16.0 |
| Fred Becker Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 501 | 13.2 |
| George Washington Carver AcademyCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 455 | 13.8 |
| Highland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 448 | 12.1 |
| Hoover Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 848 | 15.1 |
| Irving Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 353 | 10.7 |
| Kingsley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 337 | 11.6 |
| Kittrell Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 576 | 12.5 |
| Lincoln Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 463 | 12.2 |
| Lou Henry Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 460 | 12.1 |
| Lowell Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 538 | 12.8 |
| Orange Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 518 | 14.0 |
| Poyner ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 362 | 11.7 |
| West High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,696 | 17.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Black Hawk County
- Cedar Falls Comm School District 5,875 students
- Union Comm School District 952 students
- Hudson Comm School District 933 students
- Dunkerton Comm School District 415 students
- Central Rivers AEA
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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.