School district · Iowa
Sioux City Comm School District
Sioux City Comm School District in Iowa: 21 public schools with 14,189 students and 14.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,372 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 21
- Students
- 14,189
- Students per teacher
- 14.7
- IA 13.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $13,372
- 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)
- 967
- Counselors (FTE)
- 33.2
- Students per counselor
- 427
- IA 335 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 2.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Iowa's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Iowa: 73%66%proficient
+1.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 84% of school districts in Iowa
Median 76% · 327 school districts compared
5,826 students tested, grades 3–8 · ISASP; proficient means Levels 2-3
Math
Iowa: 73%65%proficient
+1.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 88% of school districts in Iowa
Median 77% · 327 school districts compared
5,830 students tested, grades 3–8 · ISASP; proficient means Levels 2-3
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
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.
- Federal
- 14% · $34M
- State
- 65% · $159.7M
- Local
- 21% · $51.9M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,309
- Support services
- $4,427
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $7.2M
- Long-term debt
- $84.4M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 75 | 6.4 | — | — | |
| Pre-K | 84 | — | — | — | |
Bryant Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 608 | 14.4 | 64% | 62% |
Hunt Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 451 | 13.7 | 54% | 60% |
Irving Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 605 | 11.6 | 51% | 54% |
Leeds Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 593 | 13.2 | 72% | 66% |
Liberty Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 659 | 12.9 | 52% | 53% |
Loess Hills ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 578 | 12.8 | 66% | 66% |
Morningside ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 645 | 13.8 | 70% | 67% |
| K–2 | 249 | 13.9 | — | — | |
| K–5 | 635 | 16.2 | 69% | 73% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 227 | 7.9 | 76% | 78% | |
Spalding Park ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 683 | 13.7 | 70% | 69% |
| 3–5 | 244 | 16.4 | 88% | 85% | |
Unity Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 483 | 12.5 | 59% | 59% |
| 6–8 | 1,076 | 14.9 | 75% | 71% | |
North Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,136 | 15.7 | 60% | 63% |
West Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 826 | 12.9 | 64% | 61% |
| 9–12 | 1,495 | 18.7 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 1,529 | 20.2 | — | — | |
West High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,308 | 16.5 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 627 4th St, Sioux City, IA 51101
- Phone
- (712)279-6643
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.