School Fees
New families to the District need to start by completing an online registration application if you have not done so already. In addition to the online registration, please submit any additional forms. The health history form is now located within online registration verification.
Authorized Fees for 2024-2025
The approved fees are the only fees that can be charged to students. Funds for other supplies, materials, and student activities must come from building budgets, grants, or fundraisers.
Mandatory class projects may be given to the student or sold to other students. If a student chooses to make a project using material not required for the class, the student is responsible for supplying the material or a charge will be imposed by the District (e.g., a jewelry project that can be done with a non-precious metal but the student elects to do a project with a precious metal, the student will pay for the precious metal).
Fee waivers are available for low-income students as outlined in District policy 503.3 Fines, Fees, Charges. Required fees will be waived for students who qualify for free lunches or meet other specific eligibility requirements and reduced by one-half for students who qualify for reduced-price lunches. Other families may submit a written request for a waiver to the Business Office for District fees and to the building principal for building fees.
District Student Consumable and Textbook Fees (Mandatory for All Students)
District Student Consumable and Textbook Fees (Mandatory for All Students)
- Early Kindergarten – $50.00
- Grades K-5 – $85.00
- Grades 6-8 – $110.00
- Grades 9-12 – $125.00
- Dual Enrolled Students – districts may prorate the total fee that a regularly enrolled student is assessed in accordance to the class time usage of a dually enrolled child. If a child who is dual enrolled is eligible for a full waiver or partial waiver under Iowa Administrative Code Rule 281—18.3, the district shall waive, in whole or in part, any fee associated with dual enrollment.
Other Student Fees
Ames High School Fees (Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12)
- Instrument Rental is available, rental rate varies by instrument – typical rental, $75.00
- Chemistry (goggles), $7.00
- Drivers Education Fees, $325.00
Voluntary Purchases
Middle School (Grades 6, 7, and 8)
- Activity Ticket $50.00
- Memory Book $30.00
Ames High School (Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12)
- Activity Ticket $70.00
- Yearbook $60.00
- All State music and participation fees $30.00
- Solo/Ensemble Festival fees $15.00
- SAT, PSAT, and AP Testing, Price as set by College Board
- Seal of Biliteracy Assessment (STAMP) / per language, Price as set by Avant
- Retesting for sub tests of STAMP assessment, Price as set by Avant
District-Wide
- Address labels printing (30 labels sheet), $1.00 per sheet
- Public records request staff time, Actual rate per hour
- Public records request photocopies, $.10 per page
Transportation: Round Trip
- Single Child – $185/semester
- Second Child – $140/semester
- Third Child – $110/semester
- Year annual cost (single child) – $370
Transportation: One Way
- Single Child – $110/semester
- Second Child – $85/semester
- Third Child – $70/semester
- Year annual cost (single child) – $220