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Humeston, Iowa - 2 schools
An equity score of 70/100 ranks Mormon Trail Comm School District #59 of 303 districts in Iowa (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,526 per pupil, Mormon Trail Comm School District ranks #11 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Mormon Trail Comm School District operates 2 public schools serving 223 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 Wayne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,526 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 52.2% local, 34.0% state, and 13.9% 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 70/100, ranked #59 of 303 in Iowa against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 22.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.2% White, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Mormon Trail Elementary School accounts for 57.4% of all Mormon Trail Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mormon Trail Comm School District a distant remainder — means Mormon Trail 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.
Mormon Trail Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 22.5% — 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 Mormon Trail Comm School District is typically wider than the Mormon Trail Comm School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Mormon Trail 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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