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Adair, Iowa - 2 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Adair-Casey Comm School District #135 of 303 districts in Iowa (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,371 per pupil, Adair-Casey Comm School District ranks #172 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$12,371
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Adair-Casey Comm School District operates 2 public schools serving 271 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Iowa. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Guthrie County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,371 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending. See how Iowa compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 50.9% local, 39.7% state, and 9.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 57/100, ranked #135 of 303 in Iowa against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 14.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.5% White, 10.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Adair-Casey Elementary School, enrolling 160 students (62% of the district's total enrollment).
Adair-Casey Elementary School accounts for 59.0% of all Adair-Casey Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Adair-Casey Comm School District a distant remainder — means Adair-Casey Comm School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Adair-Casey Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 14.2% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Adair-Casey Comm School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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