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What advice would you give to incoming students at Clear Creek Elementary School?
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Enrollment
685
Elementary
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEAR LAKE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190762000362
Clear Creek Elementary School
901 S 14th St, Clear Lake, IA 50428 · (641) 357-5288 · Cerro Gordo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Iowa public elementary schools
- A-Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
220 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 69 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Clear Lake Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
84.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.7% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.3% | 82.6% |
% 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
80.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Elementary School
Clear Creek Elementary School's state test result (80.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Creek Elementary School this school | 685 | 32.1% | 80.8% |
| Edward White Elementary School Eldridge | 556 | 28.6% | 81.9% |
| Wilton Elementary School Wilton | 509 | 32.4% | 74.4% |
| Okoboji Elementary School Milford | 491 | 31.8% | 82.2% |
| Spirit Lake Elementary School Spirit Lake | 547 | 27.6% | 85.3% |
| West Lyon Elementary School Inwood | 561 | 26.2% | 84.6% |
Matched among Iowa elementary 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Cerro Gordo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #118 of 564 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #175 of 564 ▼ 25 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #67 of 564 ▲ 3 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 685 | #13 of 705 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #401 of 561 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #341 of 561 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.1% | #471 of 666 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.8% | #87 of 168 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
685
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
+75% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 685 | 47.5 | 14.4:1 | 32% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 47.4 | 14.5:1 | 31% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 688 | 44.6 | 15.4:1 | 28% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 43 | 16.5:1 | 29% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 40.5 | 15.4:1 | 25% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 31% (188) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | 40 | 16.2:1 | 35% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 25 | 13.2:1 | 26% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 27 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clear Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (624 to 685); teachers up 17% (40.5 to 47.5).
About Clear Creek Elementary School
Clear Creek Elementary School is a large elementary school in Clear Lake, Iowa, one of the schools in Clear Lake Comm School District. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 685 students enrolled. It has 111% more students than the average for elementary schools in Iowa (about 325).
Clear Creek Elementary School is one of 3 schools in Clear Lake Comm School District, which enrolls 1,454 students in total.
The share of students at Clear Creek Elementary School who are White is 84%. Other groups make up 8% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 29%.
The school's 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Iowa have an average ratio of 13.7:1. At Clear Creek Elementary School, 32% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 43% average for public schools in Cerro Gordo County.
Clear Creek Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 80% of Iowa public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 80.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 75.9%.
For Cerro Gordo County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $68,189 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Cerro Gordo County number 13, with about 5,248 students.
Of the public schools around it, Clear Creek Elementary School is closest to Clear Lake Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. Clear Creek Elementary School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Clear Creek Elementary School's average proficiency of 80.8% compares with 70.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: Town: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 3%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.5:1 in 2020-21, and 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Cerro Gordo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,632
Census ACS
Median income
$68,189
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,248 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clear Lake Comm School District
- Clear Lake High SchoolHigh · 461 students
- Clear Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 308 students
Other schools in Clear Lake
- Clear Lake High SchoolHigh · 461 students
- Clear Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 308 students
Other Clear Creek Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Clear Creek Elementary. Clear Creek Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 13.
- Clear Creek Elementary SchoolOxford, IA · 278 students
- Clear Creek Elementary SchoolFORT CAVAZOS, TX · 696 students
- Clear Creek Elementary SchoolCartersville, GA · 614 students
- Clear Creek Elementary SchoolSANGER, TX · 598 students
- Clear Creek Elementary SchoolEllijay, GA · 575 students
Nearby schools
- Clear Lake Middle School0.8 mi · 308
- Clear Lake High School0.8 mi · 461
- Hoover Elementary School8.0 mi · 361
- Lincoln Intermediate8.8 mi · 485
- Roosevelt Elementary School8.9 mi · 348
- Harding Elementary School9.8 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About Clear Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Clear Creek Elementary School?
Clear Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 685 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Clear Creek Elementary School serve?
Clear Creek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Clear Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Clear Creek Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clear Creek Elementary School?
At Clear Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Clear Creek Elementary School in?
Clear Creek Elementary School is part of Clear Lake Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.