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Alburnett, Iowa - 3 schools
An equity score of 20/100 ranks Alburnett Comm School District #283 of 303 districts in Iowa (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,536 per pupil, Alburnett Comm School District ranks #259 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
810
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,536
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Alburnett Comm School District operates 3 public schools serving 810 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Iowa. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Linn County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,536 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 52.6% local, 39.1% state, and 8.4% 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 20/100, ranked #283 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 344:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.9% White, 1.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Alburnett Middle School, with a diversity index of 10.1/100.
Its largest campus is Alburnett Elementary School, enrolling 395 students (46% of the district's total enrollment).
Alburnett Elementary School accounts for 46.1% of all Alburnett Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Alburnett Comm School District a distant remainder — means Alburnett 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.
Alburnett Comm School District school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Alburnett Comm School District school enrollment ranges from 169 students (lowest) to 395 students (highest), a spread of 226 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Alburnett Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 344:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Alburnett Comm School District is typically wider than the Alburnett Comm School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Alburnett Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 12.1% — 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 Alburnett 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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