Clipper Early Childhood Academy

Clipper Early Childhood Academy is an elementary campus of one-room-style scale in Tiffin, Iowa, run under Clear Creek Amana Comm School District, instructing 118 students in grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 64% below the state mean of about 325.

Across the 9 schools in Clear Creek Amana Comm School District (3,156 students total), Clipper Early Childhood Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Clipper Early Childhood Academy records that White students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Johnson County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $74,935 per year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Johnson County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,019 students), Clipper Early Childhood Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Clear Creek Amana High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clipper Early Childhood Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

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