Dike-New Hartford Comm School District vs Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Comm School District

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated September 2026

How do these districts compare?

Metric	Dike-New Hartford Comm School District	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Comm School District
Location	Dike, Iowa	Ida Grove, Iowa
Total Enrollment	945	960
Number of Schools	4	4
Student:Teacher Ratio	15.5:1	16.4:1

Metric	Dike-New Hartford Comm School District	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Comm School District
Per-Pupil Expenditure	$13,499	$13,452
Federal Revenue	8.5%	8.4%
State Revenue	51.0%	45.1%
Local Revenue	40.6%	46.5%

Dike-New Hartford Comm School District

Federal State Local

Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Comm School District

Federal State Local

Average across all schools in each district. Source: CCD Membership 2024-25.

Group	Dike-New Hartford Comm School District	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Comm School District
White	94.5%	92.2%
African American	0.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	5.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Multiracial	2.6%	1.8%
Free/Reduced Lunch	19.6%	36.1%

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22

Resource	Dike-New Hartford Comm School District	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Comm School District
AP Courses Offered	N/A	2
Schools with AP	0	1
Avg Gifted Enrollment	N/A	N/A
Avg Counselor Ratio	207.5:1	255.3:1
Chronic Absenteeism	11.8%	10.1%

Regular Schools 0

Charter Schools 0

Magnet Schools 0

Title I Schools 2

Regular Schools 0

Charter Schools 0

Magnet Schools 0

Title I Schools 2

Source: U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data + F-33 finance + Civil Rights Data Collection Compiled and formatted by PlainSchools.