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Letts, Iowa - 2 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District #158 of 303 districts in Iowa (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,802 per pupil, Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District ranks #231 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
815
Total Enrollment
2
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$11,802
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District operates 2 public schools serving 815 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 Louisa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,802 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 40.9% local, 49.4% state, and 9.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 51/100, ranked #158 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 468:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.0% White, 9.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Louisa-Muscatine Elementary, enrolling 468 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Louisa-Muscatine Elementary accounts for 57.0% of all Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District a distant remainder — means Louisa-Muscatine 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.
Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 468:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 17.5% — 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 Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District is typically wider than the Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Louisa-Muscatine 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 Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District?
Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 815 students.
How much does Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District spend per student?
Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District spends $11,802 per student. The district has an equity score of 51/100, ranking #158 in Iowa.
What is the demographic composition of Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District?
Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District students are 88.0% White, 9.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District?
Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District has an equity score of 51/100, ranking #158 out of 303 districts in Iowa.