At $35,082 per pupil, Twin Rivers Comm School District ranks #2 of 327 Iowa districts by per-pupil spending (Iowa districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$35,082
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Twin Rivers Comm School District operates 1 public schools serving 49 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 Humboldt County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $35,082 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 55.2% local, 38.0% state, and 6.8% 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 90:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 11.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.4% White, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Twin Rivers Elementary School, enrolling 45 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Twin Rivers Elementary School accounts for 91.8% of all Twin Rivers Comm School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Twin Rivers Comm School District a distant remainder — means Twin Rivers 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.
Twin Rivers Comm School District student-counselor ratio is 90:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Twin Rivers Comm School District chronic absenteeism rate is 11.1% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Twin Rivers 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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How many schools are in Twin Rivers Comm School District?
Twin Rivers Comm School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 49 students.
How much does Twin Rivers Comm School District spend per student?
Twin Rivers Comm School District spends $35,082 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Twin Rivers Comm School District?
Twin Rivers Comm School District students are 84.4% White, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.