Bluff Elementary School

Bluff Elementary School is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in Clinton, Iowa, run under Clinton Comm School District, with 372 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Clinton Comm School District, which oversees 6 schools and 3,248 students, Bluff Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Bluff Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder reads as 15% multiracial, 10% Black, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Bluff Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Clinton County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bluff Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.2%; this one delivers 68.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Clinton County indicate median household income runs about $66,981, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Clinton County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,129 students), of which Bluff Elementary School is one.

Clinton High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bluff Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 66.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bluff Elementary School has contracted 12%, going from 421 students in 2018 to 372 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.