Enrollment
372
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLINTON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190771000597
Bluff Elementary School
1421 S Bluff Blvd, Clinton, IA 52732 · (563) 242-1606 · Clinton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
236 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Clinton Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
70.3%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
75.7%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.3% | 75.7% |
| 2023-24 | 72.2% | 76.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bluff Elementary School
Bluff Elementary School's state test result (68.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff Elementary School this school | 372 | 63.4% | 68.7% |
| Poyner Elementary Evansdale | 362 | 59.9% | 64.4% |
| Butler Elementary School Fort Dodge | 328 | 65.9% | 45.9% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Mason City | 348 | 60.6% | 64.4% |
| Marshall Elementary School Dubuque | 323 | 63.8% | 57.0% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Keokuk | 454 | 62.6% | 66.7% |
Matched among Iowa elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bluff Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Clinton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #357 of 564 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #292 of 564 ▼ 13 | #6 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #325 of 564 ▼ 71 | #7 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #254 of 705 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #95 of 561 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #195 of 561 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.4% | #107 of 666 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #205 of 359 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
372
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
-37% since 2000-01, when it was 591
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 372 | 31.6 | 11.8:1 | 63% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 32.6 | 12.0:1 | 70% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 33.4 | 11.5:1 | 65% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 33 | 11.8:1 | 66% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 35.5 | 11.9:1 | 76% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 78% (347) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 32 | 12.2:1 | 72% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 41 | 14.4:1 | 59% (348) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bluff Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (421 to 372); teachers down 11% (35.5 to 31.6).
About Bluff Elementary School
Bluff Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Clinton Comm School District, located in Clinton, Iowa. It had 372 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Clinton Comm School District has 6 schools; together they serve 3,248 students.
Of every 100 students at Bluff Elementary School, about 66 are White. After that, the student body is 15% multiracial, 10% Black, and 9% Hispanic. Among all residents of Clinton County, the White share is about 90%. The diversity index for Bluff Elementary School is 53%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. Elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1, 2.0 more students per teacher than here. Bluff Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 63%. The rate at public schools in Clinton County averages 42%, lower than here.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Bluff Elementary School outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Bluff Elementary School scores 68.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 60.2%.
Looking at the county, Clinton County, median household income comes to about $66,981, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 18 public schools and about 7,129 students.
Clinton High School is the nearest public school to Bluff Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Bluff Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 389 to 372, a 4% decline.
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Clinton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,268
Census ACS
Median income
$66,981
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,129 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clinton Comm School District
- Clinton High SchoolHigh · 981 students
- Clinton Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Eagle Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
Other schools in Clinton
- Clinton High SchoolHigh · 981 students
- Clinton Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Eagle Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
Nearby schools
- Clinton High School0.7 mi · 981
- Whittier Elementary School0.8 mi · 331
- Jefferson Elementary School1.0 mi · 376
- Clinton Middle School1.9 mi · 745
- Eagle Heights Elementary School3.2 mi · 443
- Camanche Elementary3.5 mi · 358
Frequently asked questions
About Bluff Elementary SchoolHow large is Bluff Elementary School?
Bluff Elementary School enrolls approximately 372 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bluff Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bluff Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bluff Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bluff Elementary School is approximately 11.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bluff Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bluff Elementary School are roughly 66% White, 9% Hispanic, 10% Black, 15% Two or more.
Is Bluff Elementary School public or private?
Bluff Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clinton Comm School District.
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