At $16,544 per pupil, Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District ranks #22 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District operates 1 public schools serving 114 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Iowa. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Buena Vista County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,544 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 33 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending. See how Iowa compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 48.4% local, 42.4% state, and 9.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 24.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.0% White, 29.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Albert City-Truesdale Elementary School accounts for 87.7% of all Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District a distant remainder — means Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 24.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District is typically wider than the Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Albert City-Truesdale 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 Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District?
Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 114 students.
How much does Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District spend per student?
Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District spends $16,544 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District?
Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District students are 69.0% White, 29.0% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.