Clarke Community Middle School

Clarke Community Middle School is an intermediate school of low-enrollment scale in Osceola, Iowa, run under Clarke Comm School District, caters to 289 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 28% smaller than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 400 students.

Clarke Community Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Clarke Comm School District, a district that educates 1,362 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clarke Community Middle School lists that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 45% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Clarke Community Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Clarke Community Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.2%, the actual is 63.1%, a residual of -0.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Clarke County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,641 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Clarke Community Middle School is one of 5 public schools in Clarke County (combined enrollment of about 1,672 students).

The closest other public school is Clarke Community High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Clarke Community Middle School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 71.4%.

Clarke Community Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clarke Community Middle School has ticked up 36%, going from 213 students in 2018 to 289 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 27% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.