At $19,457 per pupil, Olin Consolidated School District ranks #7 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Olin Consolidated School District operates 1 public schools serving 92 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 Jones County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,457 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 41.9% local, 50.3% state, and 7.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 52.9:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 41.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.2% White, 4.1% African American, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Olin Elementary School, enrolling 74 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Olin Elementary School accounts for 80.4% of all Olin Consolidated School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Olin Consolidated School District a distant remainder — means Olin Consolidated 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.
Olin Consolidated School District student-counselor ratio is 53:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Olin Consolidated School District chronic absenteeism rate is 41.9% — 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 Olin Consolidated 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 Olin Consolidated School District?
Olin Consolidated School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 92 students.
How much does Olin Consolidated School District spend per student?
Olin Consolidated School District spends $19,457 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Olin Consolidated School District?
Olin Consolidated School District students are 93.2% White, 4.1% African American, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.