About Sheldon Community School District
Sheldon Community School District is a public school system serving O'Brien County, Iowa, based in Sheldon. It serves 1,235 students across 4 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: remote district. By enrollment it is the #99 largest of Iowa’s 329 school systems.
Size and structure
Sheldon Community School District enrolls 1,235 students in 4 schools — an average of about 309 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #99 of 329 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Sheldon Community School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,235 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
Sheldon Community School District employs about 86 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.3:1 — above the Iowa average of about 14.0:1. Total district staff is roughly 178.
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 Sheldon 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 Sheldon 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.
Sheldon Community School District vs. Iowa
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Look up Sheldon 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):