School district · Iowa

Belle Plaine Comm School District

Belle Plaine Comm School District in Iowa: 2 public schools with 472 students and 11.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,296 per student in FY2024.

Schools
2
Students
472
Students per teacher
11.4
IA 13.8 · US 15.1
Spending per student
$14,296
IA $13.6K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE)
41.3
Counselors (FTE)
0.8
Students per counselor
583
IA 335 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE)
0.0
Librarians (FTE): 0.1

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024
$10.0K15
$9.8K16
$10.3K17
$10.7K18
$11.9K19
$11.4K20
$12.7K21
$13.1K22
$13.9K23
$14.3K24
Where the money comes from (FY2024)
Federal
4.1% · $373K
State
47% · $4.3M
Local
49% · $4.4M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction
$9,102
Support services
$4,388
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
$600K
Long-term debt
$2.7M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 1High schools: 1
SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Pre-K–626713.0
7–1220510.4

Sources

Address
707 7th Street, Belle Plaine, IA 52208
Phone
(319)444-3611
Website