Clark Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Le Mars, Iowa, Clark Elementary School works with 301 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Le Mars Comm School District.

Across the 6 schools in Le Mars Comm School District (2,157 students total), Clark Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clark Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest consists of 32% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Plymouth County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clark Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.8%; this one delivers 69.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Plymouth County shows median household earnings sit near $83,251, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Clark Elementary School is one of 16 public schools in Plymouth County (combined enrollment of about 4,219 students).

Franklin Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Clark Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clark Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 78.4%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Clark Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 319 (now 301). The White share of enrollment edged down from 65% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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