At $16,597 per pupil, Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District ranks #21 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District operates 1 public schools serving 119 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Iowa. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Humboldt County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,597 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 52.4% local, 38.5% state, and 9.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 98.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 35.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.8% White, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Gilmore City Elementary School accounts for 49.6% of all Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District a distant remainder — means Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District reports 58.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 98:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 35.6% — 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 Gilmore City-Bradgate 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 Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District?
Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 119 students.
How much does Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District spend per student?
Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District spends $16,597 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District?
Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District students are 89.8% White, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.