Clayton Ridge Middle School

Clayton Ridge Middle School is an intermediate school of micro-enrollment scale in Guttenberg, Iowa, part of Clayton Ridge Comm School District, caters to 140 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Clayton Ridge Middle School sits 65% smaller than that benchmark.

Clayton Ridge Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Clayton Ridge Comm School District, a district that teaches 2,066 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clayton Ridge Middle School records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Clayton Ridge Middle School lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Clayton Ridge Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Clayton County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clayton Ridge Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 79.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Clayton County reports that median household income runs about $67,242, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clayton Ridge Middle School is one of 11 public schools in Clayton County (combined enrollment of about 3,625 students).

The closest other public school is Clayton Ridge High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Clayton Ridge Middle School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 69.3%.

Clayton Ridge Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clayton Ridge Middle School has shrank 11%, going from 157 students in 2018 to 140 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.