Regular local school district · Grimes County
Iola ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Iola ISD runs 2 public schools with 626 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.1 students per teacher is 5.0 lower than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "IOLA ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 626
- Teachers (FTE)
- 62
- Students per teacher
- 10.1
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 7282 Ft Worth St, Iola, TX 77861
- Phone
- (936)394-2361
- County
- Grimes County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4824240
- State district ID
- TX-093903
- Total staff (FTE)
- 105
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 626 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.1
Texas15.1
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 (535), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $8.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $475,000
- State revenue
- $2.8 million
- Local revenue
- $4.7 million
- Total spending
- $6.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,538
- Salaries
- $3.9 million63.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $8.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.9%
- State: 35.3%
- Local: 58.8%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,538
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Iola ISD
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Iola Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 311 | 10.7 |
| Iola High School | High | 6 to 12 | 315 | 9.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Grimes County
- Navasota ISD 3,117 students
- Anderson-Shiro CISD 979 students
- Richards ISD 249 students
More in Texas
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.