About Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District is a public school system serving O'Brien County, Iowa, based in Hartley. It serves 645 students across 3 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #188 largest of Iowa’s 329 school systems.
Size and structure
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District enrolls 645 students in 3 schools — an average of about 215 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #188 of 329 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (645 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District employs about 55 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1 — below the Iowa average of about 14.0:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 109.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Iowa funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Iowa reports results through the Iowa School Performance Profiles, covering proficiency, academic growth, graduation, English-language progress and conditions for learning. Look up Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District on the Iowa School Performance Profiles.
Accreditation status
Iowa public districts are accredited by the state through the Iowa Department of Education under its accreditation standards (Iowa Admin. Code 281—12), not a private accreditor. See the Iowa Department of Education.
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District vs. Iowa
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Look up Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):