At $16,164 per pupil, Laurens-Marathon Comm School District ranks #26 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$16,164
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Laurens-Marathon Comm School District operates 1 public schools serving 140 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Iowa. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Pocahontas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,164 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 43.6% local, 44.3% state, and 12.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 245:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 32.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.0% White, 21.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools.
Laurens-Marathon Elementary School accounts for 100.0% of all Laurens-Marathon Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Laurens-Marathon Comm School District a distant remainder — means Laurens-Marathon 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.
Laurens-Marathon Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 245:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Laurens-Marathon Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 32.0% — 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 Laurens-Marathon 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 Laurens-Marathon Comm School District?
Laurens-Marathon Comm School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 140 students.
How much does Laurens-Marathon Comm School District spend per student?
Laurens-Marathon Comm School District spends $16,164 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Laurens-Marathon Comm School District?
Laurens-Marathon Comm School District students are 66.0% White, 21.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.