At $20,276 per pupil, Hamburg Comm School District ranks #5 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
174
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$20,276
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hamburg Comm School District operates 3 public schools serving 174 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Iowa. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Fremont County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,276 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 48.3% local, 37.3% state, and 14.4% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 255:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 30.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.1% White, 9.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Marnie Simons Elementary School, with a diversity index of 27.8/100.
Its largest campus is Marnie Simons Elementary School, enrolling 102 students (53% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hamburg Middle School, at 31 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Marnie Simons Elementary School accounts for 53.4% of all Hamburg Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Hamburg Comm School District a distant remainder — means Hamburg 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.
Hamburg Comm School District school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities
Hamburg Comm School District school enrollment ranges from 31 students (lowest) to 102 students (highest), a spread of 71 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.
Hamburg Comm School District reports 62.8% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Hamburg Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 255:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Hamburg Comm School District is typically wider than the Hamburg Comm School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Hamburg Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 30.5% — 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.
How many schools are in Hamburg Comm School District?
Hamburg Comm School District has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 174 students.
How much does Hamburg Comm School District spend per student?
Hamburg Comm School District spends $20,276 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Hamburg Comm School District?
Hamburg Comm School District students are 88.1% White, 9.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.