Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District

Listed by NCES as Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm School District (district ID 1900015)

Public school district · Osceola County · Iowa · NCES district ID 1900015

Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District spent $13,690 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 61% of the other Iowa districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $13,276). Its 3 schools enrolled 688 students in 2024-25; 50.2% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $15,230 per student, up 11.2% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 85-89% (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 Sibley-Ocheyedan Community in enrollment (709 to 739 students) and Sibley-Ocheyedan Community itself.

Current spending per student, Iowa districts closest in size to Sibley-Ocheyedan Community, FY23IKM-Manning Comm $14,038; Pocahontas Area Community School $13,907; Sibley-Ocheyedan Community $13,690; Colfax-Mingo Comm $13,637; Wapsie Valley Comm $13,103; East Marshall Community Schools $12,516; Lisbon Community Schools $12,102; Tri-Center Comm $11,880; Lawton-Bronson Comm $11,483; Logan-Magnolia Comm $10,742; State median, under 1,000 students $13,276.8k10k12k14k16kIKM-Manning Comm$14,038Pocahontas Area Community Scho…$13,907Sibley-Ocheyedan Community$13,690Colfax-Mingo Comm$13,637Wapsie Valley Comm$13,103East Marshall Community Schools$12,516Lisbon Community Schools$12,102Tri-Center Comm$11,880Lawton-Bronson Comm$11,483Logan-Magnolia Comm$10,742State median, under 1,000 students $13,276
Current spending per student, Iowa districts closest in size to Sibley-Ocheyedan Community, FY23IKM-Manning Comm $14,038; Pocahontas Area Community School $13,907; Sibley-Ocheyedan Community $13,690; Colfax-Mingo Comm $13,637; Wapsie Valley Comm $13,103; East Marshall Community Schools $12,516; Lisbon Community Schools $12,102; Tri-Center Comm $11,880; Lawton-Bronson Comm $11,483; Logan-Magnolia Comm $10,742; State median, under 1,000 students $13,276.8k10k12k14k16kIKM-Manning Comm$14,038Pocahontas Area Community School$13,907Sibley-Ocheyedan Community$13,690Colfax-Mingo Comm$13,637Wapsie Valley Comm$13,103East Marshall Community Schools$12,516Lisbon Community Schools$12,102Tri-Center Comm$11,880Lawton-Bronson Comm$11,483Logan-Magnolia Comm$10,742State median, under 1,000 students $13,276
Current spending per student, Iowa districts closest in size to Sibley-Ocheyedan Community, FY23IKM-Manning Comm $14,038; Pocahontas Area Community School $13,907; Sibley-Ocheyedan Community $13,690; Colfax-Mingo Comm $13,637; Wapsie Valley Comm $13,103; East Marshall Community Schools $12,516; Lisbon Community Schools $12,102; Tri-Center Comm $11,880; Lawton-Bronson Comm $11,483; Logan-Magnolia Comm $10,742; State median, under 1,000 students $13,276.8k12k16kIKM-Manning Comm$14,038Pocahontas Area Community School$13,907Sibley-Ocheyedan Community$13,690Colfax-Mingo Comm$13,637Wapsie Valley Comm$13,103East Marshall Community Schools$12,516Lisbon Community Schools$12,102Tri-Center Comm$11,880Lawton-Bronson Comm$11,483Logan-Magnolia Comm$10,742State median, under 1,000 students $13,276
Current spending per student, Iowa districts closest in size to Sibley-Ocheyedan Community, FY23IKM-Manning Comm $14,038; Pocahontas Area Community School $13,907; Sibley-Ocheyedan Community $13,690; Colfax-Mingo Comm $13,637; Wapsie Valley Comm $13,103; East Marshall Community Schools $12,516; Lisbon Community Schools $12,102; Tri-Center Comm $11,880; Lawton-Bronson Comm $11,483; Logan-Magnolia Comm $10,742; State median, under 1,000 students $13,276.8k12k16kIKM-Manning Comm$14,038Pocahontas Area Community School$13,907Sibley-Ocheyedan Community$13,690Colfax-Mingo Comm$13,637Wapsie Valley Comm$13,103East Marshall Community Schools$12,516Lisbon Community Schools$12,102Tri-Center Comm$11,880Lawton-Bronson Comm$11,483Logan-Magnolia Comm$10,742State median, under 1,000 students $13,276

Where the money came from

$11,668,000 in revenue: 50.2% state, 41.0% local and 8.8% federal. Total spending including $593,000 of capital outlay was $10,923,000, or $14,984 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $5,857,000; Local $4,786,000; Federal $1,025,000; total $11,668,000.
  • State$5,857,000 50%
  • Local$4,786,000 41%
  • Federal$1,025,000 9%

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

729 students in 2022-23, 699 students in 2023-24, 688 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 729, 2023-24: 699, 2024-25: 68802004006008002022-237292023-246992024-25688
Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 729, 2023-24: 699, 2024-25: 68802004006008002022-237292023-246992024-25688
Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 729, 2023-24: 699, 2024-25: 68802004006008002022-237292023-246992024-25688
Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 729, 2023-24: 699, 2024-25: 68802004006008002022-237292023-246992024-25688

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2372957.812.6
2023-2469961.011.5
2024-2568853.013.0

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

$3,505,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $4,808 per student

Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District booked $3,505,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 59 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 $59,387 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 24 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$2,374,00067.7%
Special education$318,0009.1%
Vocational$266,0007.6%
Other programs$547,00015.6%

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

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $3,872 in 2018-19, $4,092 in 2019-20, $4,248 in 2020-21, $4,819 in 2021-22, $4,808 in 2022-23.

Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,872, 2019-20: $4,092, 2020-21: $4,248, 2021-22: $4,819, 2022-23: $4,80802k4k6k2018-19$3,8722019-20$4,0922020-21$4,2482021-22$4,8192022-23$4,808
Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,872, 2019-20: $4,092, 2020-21: $4,248, 2021-22: $4,819, 2022-23: $4,80802k4k6k2018-19$3,8722019-20$4,0922020-21$4,2482021-22$4,8192022-23$4,808
Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,872, 2019-20: $4,092, 2020-21: $4,248, 2021-22: $4,819, 2022-23: $4,80802k4k6k2018-19$3,8722019-20$4,0922020-21$4,2482021-22$4,8192022-23$4,808
Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,872, 2019-20: $4,092, 2020-21: $4,248, 2021-22: $4,819, 2022-23: $4,80802k4k6k2018-19$3,8722019-20$4,0922020-21$4,2482021-22$4,8192022-23$4,808

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 Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District scored proficient or above: 72% in reading and 68% 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 arts72%69.7%470
Math68%63.8%472

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

85-89% of the 65 students in Sibley-Ocheyedan 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 rate85‑89%87.5%
Students in the class6538,026

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, 308 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School30812.841.9%Schoolwide 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 middle school, 185 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School18515.436.8%Schoolwide 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, 195 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Sibley-Ocheyedan High School19511.531.3%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 Sibley-Ocheyedan 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 Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District

  1. Iowa districts by spending per studentSibley-Ocheyedan Community School District ranks 80 of 202 Iowa districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($13,690).#80 of 202
  2. Every school district in IowaSibley-Ocheyedan Community School District is the number 169 by size of 328 Iowa districts, with 729 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#169 of 328
  3. Pocahontas Area Community SchoolThe next larger Iowa district: 739 students in fall 2022, $13,907 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,907
  4. Logan-Magnolia Comm School DistrictThe next smaller Iowa district: 725 students in fall 2022, $10,742 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$10,742
  5. Compare Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District with Pocahontas Area Community SchoolEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Sibley-Ocheyedan High School, its largest high school195 students in 2024-25, 11.5 per teacher.195
  7. Teacher salary spending across IowaSibley-Ocheyedan Community School District spent $59,387 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $63,361); spending, not a salary.$59,387
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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 Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District

  1. How many schools and students are in Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District?
    3 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high), enrolling 688 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District spend per student?
    $13,690 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 $15,230 per student, up 11.2% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District's money come from?
    $11,668,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 50.2% state, 41.0% local and 8.8% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 112 of the 711 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 15.8%, 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 Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District spend on teacher salaries?
    $3,505,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $4,808 per student. Divided by the 59 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $59,387 per teacher, more than 24 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 Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District scored proficient or above: 72% in reading and 68% 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 Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District?
    85-89% of the 65 students in Sibley-Ocheyedan 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 Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District's NCES district ID?
    1900015. 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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