Clarke Community Elementary School

Set in Osceola, Iowa, Clarke Community Elementary School is a well-populated elementary-level community, operated by Clarke Comm School District. It educates 652 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Clarke Community Elementary School sits 101% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Clarke Comm School District, which oversees 3 schools and 1,362 students, Clarke Community Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Clarke Community Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 43% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Clarke County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Clarke Community Elementary School has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Clarke Community Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 61.9%; this one comes in at 51.1%, -10.7 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Clarke County put median household income runs about $71,641, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clarke County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,672 students), Clarke Community Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Clarke Community High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clarke Community Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 72.9%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clarke Community Elementary School has edged down 19%, going from 807 students in 2018 to 652 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 64% to 51%.

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