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Nevada, Iowa - 3 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Nevada Comm School District #161 of 303 districts in Iowa (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,613 per pupil, Nevada Comm School District ranks #145 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,542
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,613
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Nevada Comm School District operates 3 public schools serving 1,542 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Iowa. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Story County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,613 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending. See how Iowa compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 42.7% local, 48.5% state, and 8.8% 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 50/100, ranked #161 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 421.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 9.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.4% White, 12.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Nevada High School, with a diversity index of 32.7/100.
Its largest campus is Central Elementary School, enrolling 632 students (40% of the district's total enrollment).
Central Elementary School accounts for 40.2% of all Nevada Comm School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Nevada 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.
Nevada Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 421:1 — 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.
Nevada Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 9.6% — 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 Nevada Comm School District?
Nevada Comm School District has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,542 students.
How much does Nevada Comm School District spend per student?
Nevada Comm School District spends $12,613 per student. The district has an equity score of 50/100, ranking #161 in Iowa.
What is the demographic composition of Nevada Comm School District?
Nevada Comm School District students are 81.4% White, 12.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian, 0.5% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Nevada Comm School District?
Nevada Comm School District has an equity score of 50/100, ranking #161 out of 303 districts in Iowa.