At $15,838 per pupil, Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District ranks #29 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
185
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$15,838
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District operates 2 public schools serving 185 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Iowa. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Crawford County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,838 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 33 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending. See how Iowa compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 45.8% local, 43.1% state, and 11.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 30.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.2% White, 8.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% African American across the district's schools.
Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School accounts for 63.2% of all Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District a distant remainder — means Charter Oak-Ute 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.
Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 30.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Charter Oak-Ute 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 Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District?
Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 185 students.
How much does Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District spend per student?
Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District spends $15,838 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District?
Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District students are 89.2% White, 8.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.