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Independence Comm School District

Independence, Iowa · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,434
Students enrolled
4
Public schools
100
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.3:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 97
  • Kindergarten 92
  • Grade 1 82
  • Grade 2 91
  • Grade 3 85
  • Grade 4 108
  • Grade 5 76
  • Grade 6 91
  • Grade 7 101
  • Grade 8 119
  • Grade 9 108
  • Grade 10 136
  • Grade 11 119
  • Grade 12 129

By race/ethnicity

  • White 91%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Hispanic/Latino 4%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Asian <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <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

34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 475 of 1,383 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 28%
  • 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

$13,345 spent per student on day-to-day operations Iowa median: $13,428 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,183
  • Support services $4,558
  • Other (food service, etc.) $604

Where the money comes from

  • Local 42%
  • State 53%
  • Federal 6%

Total revenue $24.8 milliontotal spending $22.8 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)

Town: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

208

District office

1207 1st St W, Independence IA 50644

County

Buchanan County

Official website

NCES District ID

1914580

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About Independence Comm School District

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

The Independence Community School District’s Board of Education will promote efforts to increase student achievement by supporting district initiatives and will strive to provide opportunities, resources, and a highly qualified staff to all students. The Board will work to enhance a climate of positive communication while managing the schools in an efficient and cost effective manner.
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