An equity score of 44/100 ranks Danville Comm School District #185 of 303 districts in Iowa (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,885 per pupil, Danville Comm School District ranks #168 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Danville Comm School District operates 2 public schools serving 662 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 Des Moines County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,885 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 50.1% local, 41.0% state, and 8.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 44/100, ranked #185 of 303 in Iowa against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across 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 724:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.5% White, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Danville Elementary School, enrolling 362 students (56% of the district's total enrollment).
Danville Elementary School accounts for 54.7% of all Danville Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Danville Comm School District a distant remainder — means Danville 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.
Danville Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 724:1 — 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.
Danville Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 23.1% — 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 Danville Comm School District is typically wider than the Danville Comm School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Danville 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 Danville Comm School District?
Danville Comm School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 662 students.
How much does Danville Comm School District spend per student?
Danville Comm School District spends $12,885 per student. The district has an equity score of 44/100, ranking #185 in Iowa.
What is the demographic composition of Danville Comm School District?
Danville Comm School District students are 93.5% White, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian, 0.3% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Danville Comm School District?
Danville Comm School District has an equity score of 44/100, ranking #185 out of 303 districts in Iowa.