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Bettendorf, Iowa - 7 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Bettendorf Comm School District #212 of 303 districts in Iowa (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,301 per pupil, Bettendorf Comm School District ranks #284 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,633
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$11,301
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bettendorf Comm School District operates 7 public schools serving 4,633 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Iowa. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 elementary, 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 Scott County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,301 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 41.6% local, 49.0% state, and 9.5% 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 37/100, ranked #212 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 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (19 AP courses district-wide), a 363.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.2% White, 13.5% Hispanic or Latino, 11.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Neil Armstrong Elementary School, with a diversity index of 63.7/100.
Its largest campus is Bettendorf High School, enrolling 1,433 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Neil Armstrong Elementary School, at 268 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Bettendorf High School accounts for 30.9% of all Bettendorf Comm School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bettendorf 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.
Bettendorf Comm School District school enrollment varies 5.3× across entities
Bettendorf Comm School District school enrollment ranges from 268 students (lowest) to 1,433 students (highest), a spread of 1,165 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.
Bettendorf Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 364:1 — 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.
Bettendorf Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 24.4% — 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 Bettendorf Comm School District is typically wider than the Bettendorf Comm School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Bettendorf 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 Bettendorf Comm School District?
Bettendorf Comm School District has 7 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 3 combined, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 4,633 students.
How much does Bettendorf Comm School District spend per student?
Bettendorf Comm School District spends $11,301 per student. The district has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #212 in Iowa.
What is the demographic composition of Bettendorf Comm School District?
Bettendorf Comm School District students are 64.2% White, 13.5% Hispanic or Latino, 11.3% African American, 2.1% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Bettendorf Comm School District?
Bettendorf Comm School District has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #212 out of 303 districts in Iowa.