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Enrollment
800
High
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEAR CREEK AMANA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190759000361
Clear Creek Amana High School
551 W Marengo Rd, Tiffin, IA 52340 · (319) 545-2361 · Johnson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL800 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Iowa public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
226 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 41%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 225 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 189 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 193 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 193 | 24% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Clear Creek Amana Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
78.9%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
74.9%
IA avg 70.9% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.9% | 74.9% |
| 2023-24 | 75.8% | 76.0% |
% 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
76.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Clear Creek Amana High School
Clear Creek Amana High School's state test result (76.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Creek Amana High School this school | 800 | 28.3% | 76.1% |
| Marion High School Marion | 735 | 27.2% | 67.8% |
| Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School Sergeant Bluff | 552 | 26.1% | 79.1% |
| Bettendorf High School Bettendorf | 1,433 | 29.4% | 77.3% |
| Le Mars High School Le Mars | 662 | 27.8% | 74.3% |
| Southeast Polk High School Pleasant Hill | 1,722 | 33.4% | 67.5% |
Matched among Iowa high 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 Clear Creek Amana High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #120 of 313 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #116 of 314 ▼ 34 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #140 of 314 ▲ 43 | #2 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 800 | #60 of 340 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #139 of 259 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #78 of 260 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #225 of 320 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.6% | #27 of 133 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
800
+93 (+13%) vs 2020
+296% since 1990-91, when it was 202
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 800 | 54.6 | 14.7:1 | 28% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 778 | 53.5 | 14.6:1 | 28% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 728 | 52.7 | 13.8:1 | 23% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 707 | 52 | 13.6:1 | 19% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 47.4 | 13.3:1 | 21% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 40 | 15.0:1 | 24% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 17% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 340 | 30 | 11.3:1 | 14% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 202 | 21 | 9.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clear Creek Amana High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (632 to 800); teachers up 15% (47.4 to 54.6).
About Clear Creek Amana High School
Clear Creek Amana High School is a high-enrollment high school based in Tiffin, Iowa. Total enrollment is 800 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. That is 71% bigger than the average of about 468 students for high schools in Iowa.
Clear Creek Amana Comm School District, which runs Clear Creek Amana High School, has 9 schools and 3,156 students.
More than half of the students at Clear Creek Amana High School are White (76%). Other reported shares: 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Johnson County, where about 76% of residents are White. The diversity index for Clear Creek Amana High School is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Clear Creek Amana High School comes to 54.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.7:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Iowa is 17.3:1. Clear Creek Amana High School counts 28% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 37% average for public schools in Johnson County is 9 points higher.
Clear Creek Amana High School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 58% of Iowa public high schools.
Clear Creek Amana High School scores 76.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 77.8%.
In Johnson County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $74,935, about 55% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 43 public schools in the county, enrolling about 20,019, Clear Creek Amana High School among them.
The closest school to Clear Creek Amana High School is Clipper Early Childhood Academy, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Clear Creek Amana High School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Clear Creek Amana High School the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 707 to 800, a 13% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.7:1.
Clear Creek Amana High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,639
Census ACS
Median income
$74,935
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
20,019 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clear Creek Amana Comm School District
- Clear Creek Amana Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- East Ridge ElementaryElementary · 442 students
- North Bend ElementaryElementary · 326 students
- Clear Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 278 students
- Tiffin ElementaryElementary · 191 students
- Oak Hill ElementaryElementary · 173 students
Other schools in Tiffin
- Clear Creek Amana Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Tiffin ElementaryElementary · 191 students
- Oak Hill ElementaryElementary · 173 students
- Clipper Early Childhood AcademyElementary · 118 students
Nearby schools
- Clipper Early Childhood Academy0.2 mi · 118
- Clear Creek Amana Middle School0.3 mi · 702
- Tiffin Elementary1.5 mi · 191
- Oak Hill Elementary1.6 mi · 173
- East Ridge Elementary2.8 mi · 442
- North Bend Elementary3.1 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Clear Creek Amana High SchoolHow large is Clear Creek Amana High School?
Clear Creek Amana High School enrolls approximately 800 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Clear Creek Amana High School serve?
Clear Creek Amana High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Clear Creek Amana High School have?
Clear Creek Amana High School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
How diverse is Clear Creek Amana High School?
Clear Creek Amana High School reports a student body of 76% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Clear Creek Amana High School in?
Clear Creek Amana High School is part of Clear Creek Amana Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.