At $15,511 per pupil, Cal Comm School District ranks #34 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Cal Comm School District operates 1 public schools serving 176 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 Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,511 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 45.7% local, 42.6% state, and 11.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 18.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.4% White, 42.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Cal Elementary School, enrolling 180 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Cal Elementary School accounts for 100.0% of all Cal Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Cal Comm School District a distant remainder — means Cal 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.
Cal Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 18.3% — 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 Cal Comm School District is typically wider than the Cal Comm School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Cal Comm School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 176 students.
How much does Cal Comm School District spend per student?
Cal Comm School District spends $15,511 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Cal Comm School District?
Cal Comm School District students are 54.4% White, 42.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.