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Ottumwa Comm School District

Ottumwa, Iowa · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

5,024
Students enrolled
12
Public schools
332
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.1:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 430
  • Kindergarten 325
  • Grade 1 332
  • Grade 2 359
  • Grade 3 364
  • Grade 4 328
  • Grade 5 340
  • Grade 6 318
  • Grade 7 318
  • Grade 8 364
  • Grade 9 361
  • Grade 10 370
  • Grade 11 366
  • Grade 12 449

By race/ethnicity

  • White 49%
  • Hispanic/Latino 26%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 10%
  • Black or African American 10%
  • Asian 3%
  • Two or more races 2%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <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

46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,327 of 5,005 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 44%
  • 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

$13,112 spent per student on day-to-day operations Iowa median: $13,428 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,706
  • Support services $4,427
  • Other (food service, etc.) $979

Where the money comes from

  • Local 22%
  • State 66%
  • Federal 13%

Total revenue $84.0 milliontotal spending $97.7 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: RemoteStudents: 87% town, 13% rural

Total staff (FTE)

737

District office

115 N Ferry St, Ottumwa IA 52501

County

Wapello County

Official website

NCES District ID

1922110

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About Ottumwa Comm School District

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

OUR VISION: All students graduate from Ottumwa High School prepared for a successful post-secondary transition. OUR ESSENTIAL LEARNINGS state we want our graduates to be effective communicators, critical thinkers, responsible community members, informed decision makers, compassionate role models, and respectful individuals.
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