About Ottumwa Community School District
Ottumwa Community School District is a public school system serving Wapello County, Iowa, based in Ottumwa. It serves 5,024 students across 12 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: remote district. By enrollment it is the #19 largest of Iowa’s 329 school systems.
Size and structure
Ottumwa Community School District enrolls 5,024 students in 12 schools — an average of about 419 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #19 of 329 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Ottumwa Community School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (5,024 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
Ottumwa Community School District employs about 332 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 15.1:1 — above the Iowa average of about 14.0:1. Total district staff is roughly 737.
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 Ottumwa 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 Ottumwa 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.
Ottumwa Community School District vs. Iowa
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Look up Ottumwa 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):