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Adel, Iowa - 5 schools
An equity score of 29/100 ranks Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District #246 of 303 districts in Iowa (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,790 per pupil, Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District ranks #309 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,254
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$10,790
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District operates 5 public schools serving 2,254 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Iowa. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 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 Dallas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,790 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 33 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending. See how Iowa compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.6% local, 52.1% state, and 8.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 29/100, ranked #246 of 303 in Iowa against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 385.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.2% White, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Adm Middle School, with a diversity index of 21.1/100.
Its largest campus is Adm Senior High School, enrolling 666 students (29% of the district's total enrollment).
Adm Senior High School accounts for 29.2% of all Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 386:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 14.0% — 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 Adel Desoto Minburn 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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How many schools are in Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District?
Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District has 5 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 combined, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 2,254 students.
How much does Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District spend per student?
Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District spends $10,790 per student. The district has an equity score of 29/100, ranking #246 in Iowa.
What is the demographic composition of Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District?
Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District students are 90.2% White, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District?
Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District has an equity score of 29/100, ranking #246 out of 303 districts in Iowa.