Clear Lake Middle School

Set in Clear Lake, Iowa, Clear Lake Middle School is a modestly sized intermediate school, part of Clear Lake Comm School District. It works with 308 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Clear Lake Middle School sits 23% leaner than that benchmark.

Clear Lake Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,454 students. Clear Lake Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Clear Lake Middle School reports that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Clear Lake Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cerro Gordo County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Clear Lake Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.9%, the actual is 78.8%, a residual of +3.0 points.

In the broader community, Cerro Gordo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,189 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Cerro Gordo County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,248 students), Clear Lake Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Clear Lake High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clear Lake Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 71.1%.

Clear Lake Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clear Lake Middle School has edged up 6%, going from 290 students in 2018 to 308 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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