An equity score of 56/100 ranks Prairie Valley Comm School District #132 of 303 districts in Iowa (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,863 per pupil, Prairie Valley Comm School District ranks #47 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
561
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,863
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Prairie Valley Comm School District operates 2 public schools serving 561 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Iowa. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 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 Webster County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,863 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 56.7% local, 36.1% state, and 7.2% 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 56/100, ranked #132 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.
a 280.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 18.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.
Its largest campus is Southeast Valley High School, enrolling 331 students (59% of the district's total enrollment).
Southeast Valley High School accounts for 59.0% of all Prairie Valley Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Prairie Valley Comm School District a distant remainder — means Prairie Valley Comm School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Prairie Valley Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 281:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Prairie Valley Comm School District is typically wider than the Prairie Valley Comm School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Prairie Valley Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 18.1% — 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 Prairie Valley Comm School District is typically wider than the Prairie Valley Comm School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Prairie Valley 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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