Clearwater

Clearwater’s three public schools serve students from prekindergarten through grade 12, with enrollments of 329 to 405 students. The latest results vary by subject: a simple average across schools is 44% in ELA, 42% in math, and 49% in science—about 2 points below state results in ELA, 1 point above in math, and 10 points above in science. The clearest concern is Clearwater Elementary West’s sharp recent decline, which leaves its current ELA and math results below state levels.

Clearwater Intermediate – Middle School leads the group’s supplied 2025–26 results, with 54% in ELA, 51% in math, and 57% in science—about 8, 10, and 19 points above state rates, respectively. Clearwater High is also above state in its reported results, but by smaller margins: 48% in ELA, 42% in math, and 40% in science. At Elementary West, third-grade ELA is 31% versus 52% statewide, and math is 34% versus 43%. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades figures are not like-for-like comparisons.

Recent changes are mixed: Elementary West’s ELA fell 23 points and math 12 points from 2024–25, while High’s ELA and math each fell about 6 points; Intermediate’s all-grades results are stronger than the other schools’ current results. SchoolDigger ranks Intermediate 59th of 368 schools (84th percentile, four stars) and High 77th of 340 (77th percentile, four stars). High pairs a 94% graduation rate with 20% chronic absenteeism, above the state’s 18%; Elementary West’s absenteeism is 7%, below state. Ratios range from 11.5 students per teacher at High to 14.7 at Elementary West, while free/reduced-lunch rates range from 31% at High to 38% at Elementary West. These background measures offer context, not an explanation for results.