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Iowa School Districts Ranked by Expenditures

Normalized from state-comptroller audits and annual financial reports. Every agency is a live report card — click through for peer percentiles, fund balance, and distress indicators.

Cohort size 336
Median expenditures $12.1M
25th–75th percentile $8.5M  –  $23.4M
Total spend $8.54B
  1. #1
    DES Moines Independent Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 31,323
    Expenditures $509.2M
    Revenue $552.3M
  2. #2
    Cedar Rapids Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 15,728
    Expenditures $280.7M
    Revenue $288.5M
  3. #3
    IOWA CITY Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 14,820
    Expenditures $243.0M
    Revenue $258.1M
  4. #4
    Waukee Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 12,431
    Expenditures $226.1M
    Revenue $207.0M
  5. #5
    Davenport Commmunity School District
    FY 2022 pop. 14,417
    Expenditures $208.0M
    Revenue $245.9M
  6. #6
    Sioux CITY Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 15,121
    Expenditures $204.4M
    Revenue $223.7M
  7. #7
    Waterloo Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 10,700
    Expenditures $180.2M
    Revenue $186.4M
  8. #8
    Ankeny Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 12,621
    Expenditures $176.9M
    Revenue $194.5M
  9. #9
    Dubuque Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 10,535
    Expenditures $168.6M
    Revenue $179.0M
  10. #10
    WEST DES Moines Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 9,285
    Expenditures $166.0M
    Revenue $162.1M
  11. #11
    Council Bluffs Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 8,792
    Expenditures $147.4M
    Revenue $165.1M
  12. #12
    College Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 5,719
    Expenditures $125.9M
    Revenue $98.4M
  13. #13
    Southeast POLK Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 7,350
    Expenditures $125.8M
    Revenue $115.9M
  14. #14
    LINN MAR Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 7,797
    Expenditures $114.5M
    Revenue $125.1M
  15. #15
    Cedar Falls Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 5,920
    Expenditures $109.8M
    Revenue $87.4M
  16. #16
    AMES Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 4,831
    Expenditures $107.0M
    Revenue $88.3M
  17. #17
    Johnston Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 7,428
    Expenditures $98.0M
    Revenue $127.3M
  18. #18
    AREA Education Agency 11 Heartland AEA
    FY 2022
    Expenditures $83.7M
    Revenue $39.3M
  19. #19
    Urbandale Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 4,241
    Expenditures $77.5M
    Revenue $72.8M
  20. #20
    Marshalltown Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 5,115
    Expenditures $75.2M
    Revenue $87.2M
  21. #21
    Ottumwa Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 4,861
    Expenditures $74.8M
    Revenue $74.6M
  22. #22
    Mason CITY Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 3,587
    Expenditures $74.0M
    Revenue $67.5M
  23. #23
    Clinton Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 3,475
    Expenditures $69.4M
    Revenue $61.2M
  24. #24
    Pleasant Valley Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 5,549
    Expenditures $64.6M
    Revenue $76.9M
  25. #25
    Muscatine Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 4,732
    Expenditures $64.2M
    Revenue $72.4M
  26. #26
    Bettendorf Commmunity School District
    FY 2022 pop. 4,770
    Expenditures $62.6M
    Revenue $67.3M
  27. #27
    Norwalk Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 3,552
    Expenditures $60.0M
    Revenue $51.4M
  28. #28
    FORT Dodge Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 3,763
    Expenditures $58.8M
    Revenue $70.3M
  29. #29
    Burlington Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 3,443
    Expenditures $57.6M
    Revenue $64.8M
  30. #30
    AREA Education Agency 10 Grant WOOD
    FY 2022
    Expenditures $53.7M
    Revenue $20.8M
  31. #31
    Dallas Center-grimes Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 3,660
    Expenditures $53.5M
    Revenue $56.6M
  32. #32
    Lewis Central Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 3,014
    Expenditures $51.3M
    Revenue $45.8M
  33. #33
    Central Rivers AREA Education Agency
    FY 2022
    Expenditures $49.6M
    Revenue $23.3M
  34. #34
    Bondurant-farrar Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,627
    Expenditures $48.1M
    Revenue $38.6M
  35. #35
    Indianola Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 3,644
    Expenditures $47.9M
    Revenue $57.7M
  36. #36
    Clear Creek-amana Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,975
    Expenditures $47.4M
    Revenue $52.4M
  37. #37
    Western Dubuque Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 3,725
    Expenditures $46.7M
    Revenue $55.2M
  38. #38
    Storm LAKE Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,869
    Expenditures $45.4M
    Revenue $45.2M
  39. #39
    North Scott Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 3,376
    Expenditures $45.1M
    Revenue $46.5M
  40. #40
    Knoxville Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,700
    Expenditures $43.5M
    Revenue $29.2M
  41. #41
    North POLK Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,084
    Expenditures $41.7M
    Revenue $30.0M
  42. #42
    Newton Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,865
    Expenditures $41.5M
    Revenue $48.4M
  43. #43
    Marion Independent School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,169
    Expenditures $39.5M
    Revenue $40.7M
  44. #44
    Boone Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,966
    Expenditures $38.5M
    Revenue $37.3M
  45. #45
    Saydel Consolidated School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,356
    Expenditures $37.9M
    Revenue $25.8M
  46. #46
    Oskaloosa Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,135
    Expenditures $37.5M
    Revenue $35.5M
  47. #47
    Moc-floyd Valley School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,575
    Expenditures $37.3M
    Revenue $25.0M
  48. #48
    Pella Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,463
    Expenditures $36.0M
    Revenue $38.1M
  49. #49
    Waverly-shell ROCK Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,355
    Expenditures $35.3M
    Revenue $34.1M
  50. #50
    Perry Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,808
    Expenditures $35.0M
    Revenue $32.3M
  51. #51
    Northwest AREA Education Agency
    FY 2022
    Expenditures $34.5M
    Revenue $15.0M
  52. #52
    AREA Education Agency 9 Mississippi BEND AEA
    FY 2022
    Expenditures $34.5M
    Revenue $15.0M
  53. #53
    Denison Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,310
    Expenditures $33.0M
    Revenue $35.8M
  54. #54
    Spencer Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,329
    Expenditures $31.9M
    Revenue $34.9M
  55. #55
    Oelwein Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,345
    Expenditures $31.7M
    Revenue $25.0M
  56. #56
    Green Hills AREA Education Agency
    FY 2022
    Expenditures $31.5M
    Revenue $14.9M
  57. #57
    Adel-desoto-midburn Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,149
    Expenditures $30.9M
    Revenue $32.5M
  58. #58
    Washington Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,674
    Expenditures $30.5M
    Revenue $29.2M
  59. #59
    FORT Madison Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,798
    Expenditures $30.1M
    Revenue $33.4M
  60. #60
    Keokuk Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,819
    Expenditures $29.8M
    Revenue $30.8M
  61. #61
    Glenwood Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,056
    Expenditures $28.7M
    Revenue $33.3M
  62. #62
    MT Pleasant Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,867
    Expenditures $28.6M
    Revenue $30.8M
  63. #63
    Carlisle Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,328
    Expenditures $28.4M
    Revenue $32.4M
  64. #64
    Clear LAKE Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,454
    Expenditures $28.4M
    Revenue $22.8M
  65. #65
    LE MARS Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,288
    Expenditures $28.2M
    Revenue $33.1M
  66. #66
    Atlantic Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,555
    Expenditures $27.9M
    Revenue $30.3M
  67. #67
    Webster CITY Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,887
    Expenditures $27.8M
    Revenue $29.8M
  68. #68
    Nevada Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,535
    Expenditures $27.7M
    Revenue $25.5M
  69. #69
    WEST Delaware County Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,392
    Expenditures $27.3M
    Revenue $22.7M
  70. #70
    Fairfield Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,575
    Expenditures $26.4M
    Revenue $28.5M
  71. #71
    Ballard Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,928
    Expenditures $26.3M
    Revenue $29.1M
  72. #72
    Great Prairie AREA Education Agency 15
    FY 2022
    Expenditures $26.0M
    Revenue $11.6M
  73. #73
    Carroll Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,844
    Expenditures $25.5M
    Revenue $29.2M
  74. #74
    Dike-new Hartford Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 944
    Expenditures $25.1M
    Revenue $14.4M
  75. #75
    Decorah Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,655
    Expenditures $25.1M
    Revenue $28.0M
  76. #76
    Charles CITY Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,603
    Expenditures $25.1M
    Revenue $28.0M
  77. #77
    Sioux Center Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,689
    Expenditures $24.9M
    Revenue $27.5M
  78. #78
    Algona Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,579
    Expenditures $24.7M
    Revenue $24.7M
  79. #79
    Centerville Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,361
    Expenditures $24.4M
    Revenue $23.0M
  80. #80
    AREA Education Agency 8 Prairie Lakes
    FY 2022
    Expenditures $24.3M
    Revenue $11.4M
  81. #81
    Denver Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 965
    Expenditures $24.0M
    Revenue $13.4M
  82. #82
    Vinton-shellsburg Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,573
    Expenditures $23.6M
    Revenue $26.1M
  83. #83
    Winterset Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,767
    Expenditures $23.5M
    Revenue $28.6M
  84. #84
    Sergeant Bluff-luton Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,713
    Expenditures $23.4M
    Revenue $25.5M
  85. #85
    AREA Education Agency 1 Keystone AEA
    FY 2022
    Expenditures $23.4M
    Revenue $10.0M
  86. #86
    Clarion-goldfield-dows Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,032
    Expenditures $23.1M
    Revenue $17.9M
  87. #87
    Grinnell-newburg Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,597
    Expenditures $23.1M
    Revenue $26.3M
  88. #88
    South TAMA County Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,488
    Expenditures $22.2M
    Revenue $25.4M
  89. #89
    Central Dewitt Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,622
    Expenditures $22.1M
    Revenue $25.8M
  90. #90
    MID Prairie Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,453
    Expenditures $21.8M
    Revenue $25.1M
  91. #91
    Benton Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,633
    Expenditures $21.7M
    Revenue $24.4M
  92. #92
    Independence Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,496
    Expenditures $21.6M
    Revenue $23.9M
  93. #93
    Creston Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,449
    Expenditures $21.5M
    Revenue $26.1M
  94. #94
    Gilbert Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,642
    Expenditures $21.4M
    Revenue $26.1M
  95. #95
    Maquoketa Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,366
    Expenditures $20.9M
    Revenue $22.9M
  96. #96
    Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek IDA Grove (oabcig) COMM SCH DIST
    FY 2022 pop. 969
    Expenditures $20.7M
    Revenue $16.5M
  97. #97
    Greene County Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,253
    Expenditures $20.4M
    Revenue $23.1M
  98. #98
    Davis County Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,293
    Expenditures $20.3M
    Revenue $22.4M
  99. #99
    Okoboji Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,199
    Expenditures $20.2M
    Revenue $20.8M
  100. #100
    Clarke Community School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,331
    Expenditures $19.9M
    Revenue $22.7M