Clear Lake Junior High

Clear Lake Junior High is a junior high of one-room-style scale in Clear Lake, Wisconsin, run under Clear Lake School District, instructing 72 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 81% smaller than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

Clear Lake School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 527 students; Clear Lake Junior High is among them.

In terms of who attends, Clear Lake Junior High reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Beyond that, the school lists 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Clear Lake Junior High lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Clear Lake Junior High higher than the state norm the norm. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Polk County's rate of about 37%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clear Lake Junior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.7%, the actual is 63.5%, a residual of -2.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Polk County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,219 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Polk County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,126 students), of which Clear Lake Junior High is one.

The closest other public school is Clear Lake High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 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 Junior High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 58.4%.

Clear Lake Junior High operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clear Lake Junior High has edged down 13%, going from 83 students in 2018 to 72 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.