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Bondurant, Iowa - 5 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District #252 of 303 districts in Iowa (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,267 per pupil, Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District ranks #323 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,731
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$10,267
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District operates 5 public schools serving 2,731 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 Polk County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,267 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 37.8% local, 53.2% state, and 9.1% 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 28/100, ranked #252 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 (6 AP courses district-wide), a 409.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.5% White, 8.4% Hispanic or Latino, 3.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Morris Elementary, with a diversity index of 34.7/100.
Its largest campus is Bondurant-Farrar High School, enrolling 849 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Bondurant-Farrar High School accounts for 30.1% of all Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bondurant-Farrar 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.
Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District school enrollment ranges from 398 students (lowest) to 849 students (highest), a spread of 451 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.
Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 410:1 — 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.
Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 21.4% — 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 Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District is typically wider than the Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Bondurant-Farrar 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 Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District?
Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District has 5 schools, including 1 high, 1 combined, 2 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 2,731 students.
How much does Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District spend per student?
Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District spends $10,267 per student. The district has an equity score of 28/100, ranking #252 in Iowa.
What is the demographic composition of Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District?
Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District students are 81.5% White, 8.4% Hispanic or Latino, 3.7% African American, 1.4% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District?
Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District has an equity score of 28/100, ranking #252 out of 303 districts in Iowa.