Schools · Clewiston

Clewiston, FL schools

Clewiston’s public schools score well below Florida’s averages: 40% of students are proficient in reading against 52% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.3%. Kids attend CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL or WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL or EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL through grade 5, then CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL and CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C-School Grade #346Best schools in FL (of 488)#212Highest graduation rate in FL (of 631)

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Clewiston’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Clewiston’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 84% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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Florida school districts we grade (73)Better than 16%

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Florida towns with similar household incomes (396)Better than 13%

High confidence. Built on 6,545 tested students and a graduating class of 574; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Florida’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Florida only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Florida with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.