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Clear Lake, IA
Public School Ratings




Clear Lake Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:  

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

Methodology:   Only Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location.


Clear Lake Comm School District details

Clear Lake Comm School District
1529 3rd Avenue North
Clear Lake, IA 50428

1,472 Students enrolled in District

3 Schools in District

14 Students Per Classroom (State average is 14)

Clear Lake Comm School District School Quality Ratings

District Quality Compared to Iowa

8

(10 is best)

Better than 75.2% of all IA school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Better than 76.9% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

100 80 60 40 20 0
80%
71%
83%
72%
77%
69%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math

Schools in this District

School Grades
Clear Creek Elementary School
901 S 14th St
Clear Lake, IA, 50428
PK-05
Clear Lake High School
125 N 20th St
Clear Lake, IA, 50428
09-12
Clear Lake Middle School
1601 3rd Ave North
Clear Lake, IA, 50428
06-08

School District Enrollment by Group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 89.8% 75.0%
Black 1.4% 7.5%
Hispanic 7.5% 13.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 1.1%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 32.0% 40.8%
Free lunch eligible 27.7% 36.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.3% 4.8%

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,552 $11,117,000 39.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $349 $514,000 1.8%
Staff $586 $863,000 3.0%
General Administration $376 $553,000 2.0%
School Administration $761 $1,120,000 3.9%
Operation $1,143 $1,683,000 5.9%
Transportation $353 $520,000 1.8%
Other $211 $311,000 1.1%
Total Support $3,780 $5,564,000 19.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $7,931 $11,674,000 41.2%
Total Expenditures $19,263 $28,355,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,867 $3,999,465,000 46.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $827 $420,541,000 4.9%
Staff $865 $439,588,000 5.1%
General Administration $335 $170,522,000 2.0%
School Administration $765 $388,681,000 4.6%
Operation $1,213 $616,942,000 7.2%
Transportation $481 $244,434,000 2.9%
Other $419 $213,166,000 2.5%
Total Support $4,905 $2,493,874,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,028 $2,048,038,000 24.0%
Total Expenditures $16,800 $8,541,377,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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