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Ames Comm School District

Ames, Iowa · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

4,728
Students enrolled
8
Public schools
337
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.0:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 284
  • Kindergarten 340
  • Grade 1 305
  • Grade 2 357
  • Grade 3 330
  • Grade 4 282
  • Grade 5 357
  • Grade 6 341
  • Grade 7 338
  • Grade 8 354
  • Grade 9 343
  • Grade 10 363
  • Grade 11 370
  • Grade 12 364

By race/ethnicity

  • White 61%
  • Hispanic/Latino 13%
  • Black or African American 10%
  • Asian 8%
  • Two or more races 7%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,648 of 4,688 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 30%
  • Reduced-price lunch 6%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$13,699 spent per student on day-to-day operations Iowa median: $13,428 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,408
  • Support services $4,790
  • Other (food service, etc.) $501

Where the money comes from

  • Local 58%
  • State 36%
  • Federal 6%

Total revenue $94.6 milliontotal spending $86.8 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: SmallStudents: 78% city, 22% rural

Total staff (FTE)

632

District office

2005 24th St, Ames IA 50010

County

Story County

Official website

NCES District ID

1903540

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About Ames Comm School District

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Mission Statement : " The mission of the Ames Community Schools is to ensure that all learners develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, and personal esteem necessary to grow in and shape a changing society."
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