2025 Census government inventory

Alta-Aurelia Comm School District

Independent school district in Iowa. Browse the source-reported information below.

Census ID 116506 · Census county field: Buena Vista · Functioning in the 2025 inventory
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

822students in the finance record
4operating schools connected
$13,175current spending per pupil
Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment8220.6% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$13,1753.8% lower than 2019 after inflation · 18.1% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$13.0M21.0% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$1.2M69.0% lower than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 827; 2020: 818; 2021: 829; 2022: 836; 2023: 837; 2024: 822840828815201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $13,688; 2020: $13,672; 2021: $13,657; 2022: $13,082; 2023: $13,099; 2024: $13,175$13,773$13,385$12,997201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

20194.2% F53.4% S42.4% L
20204.0% F50.2% S45.8% L
20218.4% F47.0% S44.6% L
202211.9% F45.5% S42.6% L
20236.0% F47.7% S46.3% L
20243.7% F46.1% S50.1% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
2019827$11,156$11,537,000$10,771,000$3,810,000
2020818$11,280$12,074,000$10,864,000$2,674,000
2021829$11,797$12,618,000$12,073,000$1,925,000
2022836$12,205$14,036,000$12,911,000$1,632,000
2023837$12,724$13,740,000$13,256,000$1,485,000
2024822$13,175$14,785,000$13,030,000$1,182,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Where the money comes from

$14.8M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal3.7%$548,000
State46.1%$6.82M
Local50.1%$7.41M
Total expenditures$13.0M
Current spending$10.8M
Instruction$6.76M
Support services$3.51M
Capital outlay$632,000
Debt outstanding$1.18M

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

Alta-Aurelia Comm School District

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesPK–12
StatusOpen
Address101 W 5th St, Alta, IA, 51002
Open district website →
About this school data

Census and NCES records describe this system’s enrollment, finances and schools for the years shown. Board, election and meeting information, when available, has separate sources and dates. An unlisted item means it is not covered here—not that it does not exist. Check the district’s official notices for current meetings and officeholders.

The source record

Listed as functioning in 2025.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
116506
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
2025 Census snapshot

Reported contact and location fields

Reported mailing address101 W 5TH ST · ALTA, IA · 51002
Reported contact roleSupt

A role label, not a verified person’s name.

Census county fieldBuena Vista
Reported websiteOpen listed website ↗

These are inventory fields, not newly verified office contacts. A county field or mailing address does not establish the exact service boundary.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment8372023

About these sources and their limits
Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.

Not established by these records

  • Whether each governing or administrative role is elected, appointed, or mixed.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.