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Schools in Clear Lake

Clear Lake’s public schools

Clear Lake School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Clear Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Wisconsin’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Wisconsin’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
28%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.3K
▼ 7% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.5
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
527 students on the public path
In brief

Clear Lake’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Clear Lake’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Clear Lake Junior High places highest (better than 52%); Clear Lake High lowest (27%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Clear Lake, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Gaylord A Nelson Educational CenterClear Lake School DistrictC
7–8Clear Lake Junior HighClear Lake School DistrictB−
9–12Clear Lake HighClear Lake School DistrictC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Clear Lake School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Clear Lake School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 527 students, down 10% since 2020–21 · 12.5 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$15,272WI $16,459 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 38.1% · 280 students tested
Math28%
State average 38.7% · 280 students tested

Clear Lake vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Wisconsin towns that share Clear Lake’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Clear Lake—Clear Lake
Clear Lake (village)C−Clear Lake
Clayton—Clayton
Vance Creek—Clear Lake PK–12 · Clayton PK–12 · Prairie Farm PK–12
Forest—Clear Lake PK–12 · Glenwood City PK–12
Black BrookBAmery PK–12 · Clear Lake PK–12

4 of the 5 neighbors share Clear Lake with Clear Lake, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Clear Lake

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Wisconsin’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Clear Lakein other towns
Gaylord A Nelson Educational Center
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C
266 students12:1Rate it →
Clear Lake Junior High
Middle · Grades 7–8
B−
72 students14:1Rate it →
Clear Lake High
High · Grades 9–12
C
189 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Clear Lake’s schools

Are Clear Lake’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Clear Lake. Clear Lake School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Clear Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Clear Lake in?

Clear Lake School District.

Where do Clear Lake kids go to high school?

Clear Lake High.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.