Johnston Comm School District 鈥� Polk County, IA

Key statistics

7,373

Students enrolled

8

Public schools

476

Classroom teachers (FTE)

15.5:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Pre-K 230
Kindergarten 482
Grade 1 452
Grade 2 516
Grade 3 529
Grade 4 524
Grade 5 541
Grade 6 550
Grade 7 568
Grade 8 577
Grade 9 584
Grade 10 638
Grade 11 574
Grade 12 608

By race/ethnicity

White 64%
Black or African American 12%
Asian 10%
Hispanic/Latino 8%
Two or more races 5%
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

25% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,844 of 7,339 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 22%
Reduced-price lunch 3%

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

$12,934 spent per student on day-to-day operations Iowa median: $13,428 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $8,205
Support services $4,221
Other (food service, etc.) $507

Where the money comes from

Local 44%
State 52%
Federal 4%

Total revenue $120.2 milliontotal spending $115.0 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)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

1,027

District office

6510 NW 62nd Ave, Johnston IA 50131

Phone

(515) 278-0470

County

Polk County

Official website

NCES District ID

1915450

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About Johnston Comm School District

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

The JCSD is the 13th largest school district in the state of Iowa and the fourth largest employer in Johnston. The school district employs roughly 840 people, which includes 433 certified teachers and operates with a general fund budget of 58 million dollars. The district covers 40 square miles and serves the community of Johnston as well as parts of Urbandale, Des Moines and the surrounding rural areas of Grimes and Granger. In addition, Johnston Community Education provides before/after school childcare, preschool, recreation and adult education programs.

Public Schools in Johnston Comm School District (8)

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