Susan Clark Junior High

Located at 600 Kindler Ave, in Muscatine, Iowa, Susan Clark Junior High is a medium-sized intermediate school that educates 544 students (grades 7 through 8), one of the schools within Muscatine Comm School District. Compared to the state average of about 400 students per school, that is 36% above typical.

Muscatine Comm School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,280 students. Susan Clark Junior High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Susan Clark Junior High logs that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest looks like 32% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at school resources, Susan Clark Junior High logs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at Susan Clark Junior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Susan Clark Junior High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.3%.

Around the school, Muscatine County reports that median household income runs about $69,396, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Muscatine County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,527 students), of which Susan Clark Junior High is one.

McKinley Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Susan Clark Junior High comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.1%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Susan Clark Junior High typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.