An equity score of 69/100 ranks Belle Plaine Comm School District #60 of 303 districts in Iowa (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,919 per pupil, Belle Plaine Comm School District ranks #86 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
479
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$13,919
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Belle Plaine Comm School District operates 2 public schools serving 479 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Iowa. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Benton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,919 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending. See how Iowa compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 43.8% local, 45.2% state, and 11.0% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 69/100, ranked #60 of 303 in Iowa against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 704.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.8% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Longfellow Elementary School, enrolling 267 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Longfellow Elementary School accounts for 55.7% of all Belle Plaine Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Belle Plaine Comm School District a distant remainder — means Belle Plaine 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.
Belle Plaine Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 705:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Belle Plaine Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 23.4% — 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 Belle Plaine Comm School District is typically wider than the Belle Plaine Comm School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Belle Plaine 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 Belle Plaine Comm School District?
Belle Plaine Comm School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 479 students.
How much does Belle Plaine Comm School District spend per student?
Belle Plaine Comm School District spends $13,919 per student. The district has an equity score of 69/100, ranking #60 in Iowa.
What is the demographic composition of Belle Plaine Comm School District?
Belle Plaine Comm School District students are 89.8% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Belle Plaine Comm School District?
Belle Plaine Comm School District has an equity score of 69/100, ranking #60 out of 303 districts in Iowa.