Government directory/Iowa/Independent school district
U.S. Census government inventory · ID 188252

Melcher-Dallas Comm School District.

Independent school district in Iowa · Census county area: Marion.

Independent school districtSchool districtFunctioning
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.

301students in the finance record
2operating schools connected
$13,641current 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 ↗
Enrollment30120.2% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$13,64111.0% higher than 2019 after inflation · 36.2% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$9.8M127.1% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$7.1M2306.4% higher than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 377; 2020: 347; 2021: 356; 2022: 340; 2023: 330; 2024: 301388339290201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $12,293; 2020: $12,787; 2021: $12,484; 2022: $13,471; 2023: $13,427; 2024: $13,641$13,830$12,967$12,105201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

20195.7% F56.3% S38.0% L
20204.6% F61.2% S34.2% L
20218.5% F48.7% S42.8% L
20229.4% F44.7% S45.9% L
20237.1% F42.6% S50.2% L
20244.9% F53.7% S41.5% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
2019377$10,019$4,953,000$4,322,000$295,000
2020347$10,550$4,995,000$4,275,000$145,000
2021356$10,784$6,068,000$4,628,000$0
2022340$12,568$6,701,000$6,025,000$0
2023330$13,042$6,994,000$10,434,000$5,375,000
2024301$13,641$5,720,000$9,817,000$7,099,000

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

$5.72M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal4.9%$278,000
State53.7%$3.07M
Local41.5%$2.37M
Total expenditures$9.82M
Current spending$4.11M
Instruction$2.39M
Support services$1.53M
Capital outlay$5.22M
Debt outstanding$7.10M

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

Melcher-Dallas Comm School District

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

GradesPK12
StatusOpen
Address214 S Main, Melcher-Dallas, IA, 50163
Open district website →
Still needed for a complete civic record

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The source record

A functioning Census entity.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
188252
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
Published contact fields

Contact and location

Mailing address210 S MAIN PO BOX 489 · MELCHER, IA · 50163
Census contact/title fieldSupt
County areaMarion
Reported websiteNot published

Websites are primarily self-reported and received only limited Census Bureau quality control. County area can mean the area most served or the headquarters county when boundaries cross counties.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment3302023

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.