An equity score of 65/100 ranks Red Oak Comm School District #84 of 303 districts in Iowa (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,936 per pupil, Red Oak Comm School District ranks #162 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,044
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,936
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Red Oak Comm School District operates 3 public schools serving 1,044 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Iowa. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 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 Montgomery County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,936 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 38.5% local, 45.4% state, and 16.0% 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 65/100, ranked #84 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.
a 493:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 41.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.2% White, 10.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Red Oak Early Childhood Center, with a diversity index of 30.4/100.
Its largest campus is Inman Elementary School, enrolling 461 students (49% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Red Oak Early Childhood Center, at 51 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Inman Elementary School accounts for 44.2% of all Red Oak Comm School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Red Oak Comm School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Red Oak Comm School District school enrollment varies 9.0× across entities
Red Oak Comm School District school enrollment ranges from 51 students (lowest) to 461 students (highest), a spread of 410 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Red Oak Comm School District reports 52.5% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Red Oak Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 493:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Red Oak Comm 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.