At $20,500 per pupil, Stratford Comm School District ranks #4 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Stratford Comm School District operates 1 public schools serving 80 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 Hamilton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,500 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 50.2% local, 40.1% state, and 9.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 296:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 16.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.8% White, 9.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Stratford Elementary, enrolling 74 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Stratford Elementary accounts for 92.5% of all Stratford Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Stratford Comm School District a distant remainder — means Stratford Comm 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.
Stratford Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 296:1 — 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 Stratford Comm School District is typically wider than the Stratford Comm School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Stratford Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 16.2% — 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 Stratford Comm School District is typically wider than the Stratford Comm School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Stratford 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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