Total enrollment
5,005
+379 (+8%) vs SY 2020-21
12 schools in Ottumwa Comm School District
Iowa · 5,005 students · 1 city
Ottumwa Comm School District is a public-school district inside Iowa, running 12 K-12 schools with combined enrollment of roughly 5,005 students, broken out as 7 elementary, 1 middle, and 3 high.
4-year change in Ottumwa Comm School District
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
12
+3 (+33%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Ottumwa Comm School District ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Iowa | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #162 of 169 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 5,005 | #19 of 234 | #1,928 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 12 | #13 of 234 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #185 of 234 | #5,393 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 46.5% | #57 of 234 | #4,682 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #5 of 119 | #700 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Ottumwa Comm School District
State test results across the district's 8 scored schools run from Eisenhower Elementary School at 74.4% proficient to Gateway High School at 24.0%, a gap of 50.4 points. That is the 4th widest gap among 56 Iowa districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 8 district schools that reported both years went from 4,223 to 3,636 students (down 14%) and from 277 to 265 full-time teachers (down 4%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottumwa High School | Ottumwa | High | 10-12 | 910 |
| Evans Junior High School | Ottumwa | High | 08-09 | 684 |
| Liberty Intermediate School | Ottumwa | Middle | 06-07 | 633 |
| Pickwick Early Childhood Center | Ottumwa | Elementary | PK-KG | 560 |
| Fahrney Elementary | Ottumwa | Elementary | 03-05 | 490 |
| Wilson Elementary School | Ottumwa | Elementary | KG-05 | 335 |
| Douma Elementary School | Ottumwa | Elementary | 01-02 | 327 |
| Horace Mann Elementary School | Ottumwa | Elementary | KG-05 | 250 |
| James Elementary School | Ottumwa | Elementary | KG-05 | 249 |
| Eisenhower Elementary School | Ottumwa | Elementary | KG-05 | 248 |
| Gateway High School | Ottumwa | High | 09-12 | 213 |
| Ottumwa Virtual Learning | Ottumwa | Combined | PK-12 | 106 |
About Ottumwa Comm School District
As a thinly populated district in Iowa, Ottumwa Comm School District serves 5,005 students across 12 schools.
For a sense of the school types, Ottumwa Comm School District spans 7 elementary, 1 middle, 3 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 417 in this district, above the Iowa typical of 376.
Trend over the past 4 years. Combined enrollment now sits at 5,005 students, climbed 8% from the 4,626 reported in SY 2020-21. The school count climbed from 9 to 12 across the same 4-year window.
On this page, the community for Ottumwa Comm School District discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Parents, students, and educators in the area can post or comment.