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Southeast Polk Comm School District

Altoona, Iowa · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

7,501
Students enrolled
11
Public schools
499
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.0:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 301
  • Kindergarten 550
  • Grade 1 517
  • Grade 2 534
  • Grade 3 560
  • Grade 4 514
  • Grade 5 549
  • Grade 6 563
  • Grade 7 549
  • Grade 8 540
  • Grade 9 602
  • Grade 10 539
  • Grade 11 616
  • Grade 12 567

By race/ethnicity

  • White 69%
  • Hispanic/Latino 11%
  • Black or African American 10%
  • Two or more races 7%
  • Asian 3%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <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

39% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,489 of 6,359 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 32%
  • Reduced-price lunch 7%

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

$13,373 spent per student on day-to-day operations Iowa median: $13,428 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,163
  • Support services $4,663
  • Other (food service, etc.) $548

Where the money comes from

  • Local 42%
  • State 52%
  • Federal 6%

Total revenue $130.8 milliontotal spending $145.7 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)

Rural: FringeStudents: 60% rural, 33% suburb, 7% city

Total staff (FTE)

1,010

District office

407 8th Street SE, Altoona IA 50009

County

Polk County

Official website

NCES District ID

1926820

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About Southeast Polk Comm School District

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

Our Mission..."To be an innovative, educational organization committed to providing learning experiences of superior quality which enable ALL students to successfully meet challenges now and in the future."
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