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Carlisle schools

Heartland Aea · Counties: Polk, Warren

$17.5M
state aid, FY26 (+27.9% since FY19)
84
students living here who attend a private school, 2025–26

Its legislators

The House and Senate districts that overlap the school district, and roughly how much of its area each covers.

House

Senate

  • Vacant · District 1182% of the district
  • Jack Whitver R · District 2311% of the district
  • Tony Bisignano D · District 157% of the district

Money over time

YearState aidSchool tax rate
FY26$17.5M–
FY25$16.8M–
FY24$16.3M–
FY23$15.5M–
FY22$14.7M–
FY21$14.1M–
FY20$14.4M–
FY19$13.7M–

Private-school students

Students who live in the district and attend a private school. Since 2023–24 most can use an education savings account (a voucher) for tuition.

2025–26: 842024–25: 682023–24: 542022–23: 392021–22: 332020–21: 34

State aid from Department of Management payment summaries; private enrollment from the Department of Education; the tax rate from the Iowa Data Hub; legislative overlap from Department of Education boundaries and Census Bureau district maps.