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Hinton, Iowa - 3 schools
An equity score of 8/100 ranks Hinton Comm School District #300 of 303 districts in Iowa (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,894 per pupil, Hinton Comm School District ranks #306 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Hinton Comm School District operates 3 public schools serving 842 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Iowa. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 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 Plymouth County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,894 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 33 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending. See how Iowa compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 57.4% local, 35.7% state, and 6.9% 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 8/100, ranked #300 of 303 in Iowa against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 500:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 9.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.3% White, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hinton High School, with a diversity index of 11.3/100.
Its largest campus is Hinton High School, enrolling 370 students (43% of the district's total enrollment).
Hinton High School accounts for 43.0% of all Hinton Comm School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hinton Comm School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Hinton Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 500:1 — 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.
Hinton Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 9.2% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
How many schools are in Hinton Comm School District?
Hinton Comm School District has 3 schools, including 2 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 842 students.
How much does Hinton Comm School District spend per student?
Hinton Comm School District spends $10,894 per student. The district has an equity score of 8/100, ranking #300 in Iowa.
What is the demographic composition of Hinton Comm School District?
Hinton Comm School District students are 94.3% White, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Hinton Comm School District?
Hinton Comm School District has an equity score of 8/100, ranking #300 out of 303 districts in Iowa.