3 bd $1,186/mo in Ames. Iowa charges a 3.80% flat income tax.
Public-school students
15,495
NCES 2024-2025
Pupils per teacher
14
1,106 teachers
Districts / schools
11 / 38
Public districts and schools
Beds
1
Usual: studio
Childcare
$0
No kids under 5
Left / mo
$2,950
Largest public school districts
11 largest districts in Ames.
- Ames Comm School District
Ames
- Students
- 4,728
- Schools
- 8
- Pupil–teacher
- 14
- Boone Comm School District
Boone
- Students
- 1,978
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.5
- Ballard Comm School District
Huxley
- Students
- 1,966
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.2
- Gilbert Comm School District
Gilbert
- Students
- 1,682
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.3
- Nevada Comm School District
Nevada
- Students
- 1,572
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.4
- Roland-Story Comm School District
Story City
- Students
- 1,094
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.2
- Ogden Comm School District
Ogden
- Students
- 747
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.2
- Madrid Comm School District
Madrid
- Students
- 642
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.1
- Colo-NESCO Comm School District
Colo
- Students
- 385
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.3
- Collins-Maxwell Comm School District
Maxwell
- Students
- 372
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.4
- United Comm School District
Boone
- Students
- 329
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.4
NCES 2024–25.
Schools by level
Primary
20
Elementary grades
Middle
8
Middle or junior high
High
10
Secondary grades
Other
0
K–12, ungraded, alternative
38 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Ames metro sits
Roughly the core of the Ames, IA metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
Family of four
2 adults, 2 kids, 3 bd. $1,090 left/mo. Childcare $998. Ames paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Moving from Ames
Take-home by job in Ames
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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