Seymour Community School District

Listed by NCES as Seymour Comm School District (district ID 1925620)

Public school district · Wayne County · Iowa · NCES district ID 1925620

Seymour Community School District spent $17,220 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 94% of the other Iowa districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $13,276). Its 2 schools enrolled 219 students in 2024-25; 42.5% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $18,184 per student, up 5.6% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 80% or more (Iowa: 87.5%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Iowa districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Seymour Community in enrollment (176 to 271 students) and Seymour Community itself.

Current spending per student, Iowa districts closest in size to Seymour Community, FY23Tri-County Schools $17,351; Seymour Community $17,220; Charter Oak-Ute Comm $15,838; Adair-Casey Comm $15,834; CAL Comm $15,511; Paton-Churdan Comm $15,016; North Kossuth Comm $14,877; Essex Community Schools $14,141; Mormon Trail Comm $13,318; Ar-We-Va Comm $11,881; State median, under 1,000 students $13,276.10k12k14k16k18kTri-County Schools$17,351Seymour Community$17,220Charter Oak-Ute Comm$15,838Adair-Casey Comm$15,834CAL Comm$15,511Paton-Churdan Comm$15,016North Kossuth Comm$14,877Essex Community Schools$14,141Mormon Trail Comm$13,318Ar-We-Va Comm$11,881State median, under 1,000 students $13,276
Current spending per student, Iowa districts closest in size to Seymour Community, FY23Tri-County Schools $17,351; Seymour Community $17,220; Charter Oak-Ute Comm $15,838; Adair-Casey Comm $15,834; CAL Comm $15,511; Paton-Churdan Comm $15,016; North Kossuth Comm $14,877; Essex Community Schools $14,141; Mormon Trail Comm $13,318; Ar-We-Va Comm $11,881; State median, under 1,000 students $13,276.10k12k14k16k18kTri-County Schools$17,351Seymour Community$17,220Charter Oak-Ute Comm$15,838Adair-Casey Comm$15,834CAL Comm$15,511Paton-Churdan Comm$15,016North Kossuth Comm$14,877Essex Community Schools$14,141Mormon Trail Comm$13,318Ar-We-Va Comm$11,881State median, under 1,000 students $13,276
Current spending per student, Iowa districts closest in size to Seymour Community, FY23Tri-County Schools $17,351; Seymour Community $17,220; Charter Oak-Ute Comm $15,838; Adair-Casey Comm $15,834; CAL Comm $15,511; Paton-Churdan Comm $15,016; North Kossuth Comm $14,877; Essex Community Schools $14,141; Mormon Trail Comm $13,318; Ar-We-Va Comm $11,881; State median, under 1,000 students $13,276.10k14k18kTri-County Schools$17,351Seymour Community$17,220Charter Oak-Ute Comm$15,838Adair-Casey Comm$15,834CAL Comm$15,511Paton-Churdan Comm$15,016North Kossuth Comm$14,877Essex Community Schools$14,141Mormon Trail Comm$13,318Ar-We-Va Comm$11,881State median, under 1,000 students $13,276
Current spending per student, Iowa districts closest in size to Seymour Community, FY23Tri-County Schools $17,351; Seymour Community $17,220; Charter Oak-Ute Comm $15,838; Adair-Casey Comm $15,834; CAL Comm $15,511; Paton-Churdan Comm $15,016; North Kossuth Comm $14,877; Essex Community Schools $14,141; Mormon Trail Comm $13,318; Ar-We-Va Comm $11,881; State median, under 1,000 students $13,276.10k14k18kTri-County Schools$17,351Seymour Community$17,220Charter Oak-Ute Comm$15,838Adair-Casey Comm$15,834CAL Comm$15,511Paton-Churdan Comm$15,016North Kossuth Comm$14,877Essex Community Schools$14,141Mormon Trail Comm$13,318Ar-We-Va Comm$11,881State median, under 1,000 students $13,276

Where the money came from

$5,042,000 in revenue: 42.5% state, 44.5% local and 13.0% federal. Total spending including $415,000 of capital outlay was $4,902,000, or $21,982 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Seymour Community School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $2,143,000; Local $2,245,000; Federal $654,000; total $5,042,000.
  • State$2,143,000 43%
  • Local$2,245,000 45%
  • Federal$654,000 13%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 202 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

223 students in 2022-23, 212 students in 2023-24, 219 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Seymour Community School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 223, 2023-24: 212, 2024-25: 21901002003002022-232232023-242122024-25219
Seymour Community School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 223, 2023-24: 212, 2024-25: 21901002003002022-232232023-242122024-25219
Seymour Community School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 223, 2023-24: 212, 2024-25: 21901002003002022-232232023-242122024-25219
Seymour Community School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 223, 2023-24: 212, 2024-25: 21901002003002022-232232023-242122024-25219

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2322323.59.5
2023-2421220.910.1
2024-2521922.19.9

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$1,386,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $6,215 per student

Seymour Community School District booked $1,386,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 27 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $52,223 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 4 in 100 Iowa districts with a figure (state median $63,361, 318 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Iowa teacher salary at $59,262 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$840,00060.6%
Special education$116,0008.4%
Vocational$192,00013.9%
Other programs$238,00017.2%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $5,020 in 2018-19, $5,032 in 2019-20, $5,363 in 2020-21, $5,681 in 2021-22, $6,215 in 2022-23.

Seymour Community School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,020, 2019-20: $5,032, 2020-21: $5,363, 2021-22: $5,681, 2022-23: $6,21502k4k6k8k2018-19$5,0202019-20$5,0322020-21$5,3632021-22$5,6812022-23$6,215
Seymour Community School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,020, 2019-20: $5,032, 2020-21: $5,363, 2021-22: $5,681, 2022-23: $6,21502k4k6k8k2018-19$5,0202019-20$5,0322020-21$5,3632021-22$5,6812022-23$6,215
Seymour Community School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,020, 2019-20: $5,032, 2020-21: $5,363, 2021-22: $5,681, 2022-23: $6,21502k4k6k8k2018-19$5,0202019-20$5,0322020-21$5,3632021-22$5,6812022-23$6,215
Seymour Community School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,020, 2019-20: $5,032, 2020-21: $5,363, 2021-22: $5,681, 2022-23: $6,21502k4k6k8k2018-19$5,0202019-20$5,0322020-21$5,3632021-22$5,6812022-23$6,215

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Seymour Community School District scored proficient or above: 45-49% in reading and 45-49% in math, against 69.7% in reading and 63.8% in math across Iowa. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Iowa, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIowaStudents tested
Reading and language arts45-49%69.7%145
Math45-49%63.8%145

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

80% or more of the 20 students in Seymour Community School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.5% across Iowa. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtIowa
Four-year graduation rate80% or more87.5%
Students in the class2038,026

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

1 elementary school, 98 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Seymour Elementary School988.056.1%Targeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 121 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Seymour High School12112.343.0%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Seymour Community School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Seymour Community School District

  1. Iowa districts by spending per studentSeymour Community School District ranks 14 of 202 Iowa districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($17,220).#14 of 202
  2. Every school district in IowaSeymour Community School District is the number 300 by size of 328 Iowa districts, with 223 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#300 of 328
  3. Ar-We-Va Comm School DistrictThe next larger Iowa district: 243 students in fall 2022, $11,881 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,881
  4. Tri-County SchoolsThe next smaller Iowa district: 211 students in fall 2022, $17,351 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,351
  5. Compare Seymour Community School District with Ar-We-Va Comm School DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Seymour High School, its largest high school121 students in 2024-25, 12.3 per teacher.121
  7. Teacher salary spending across IowaSeymour Community School District spent $52,223 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $63,361); spending, not a salary.$52,223
  8. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Seymour Community School District

  1. How many schools and students are in Seymour Community School District?
    2 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 high), enrolling 219 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Seymour Community School District spend per student?
    $17,220 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Iowa median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $13,276 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $18,184 per student, up 5.6% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Seymour Community School District's money come from?
    $5,042,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 42.5% state, 44.5% local and 13.0% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Seymour Community School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 193 of the 650 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 29.7%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Seymour Community School District spend on teacher salaries?
    $1,386,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $6,215 per student. Divided by the 27 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $52,223 per teacher, more than 4 in 100 Iowa districts (state median $63,361). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Iowa teacher salary at $59,262 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Seymour Community School District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Seymour Community School District scored proficient or above: 45-49% in reading and 45-49% in math, against 69.7% in reading and 63.8% in math across Iowa. Iowa's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Seymour Community School District?
    80% or more of the 20 students in Seymour Community School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.5% across Iowa. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Seymour Community School District's NCES district ID?
    1925620. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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