Clayton Ridge Community School District is a rural

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, serving Guttenberg, Garnavillo, Clayton, North Buena Vista, and Osterdock. In addition, Clayton Center is zoned to Clayton Ridge schools, as well as areas around Garber.History
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. May 29, 2000. Retrieved on February 24, 2019. Since the entirety of Garavillo district merged into Clayton Ridge, those communities now attend Clayton Ridge. While Garber is mentioned as being a sending community to Garavillo schools, the town itself is now shown as part o
a different district, Central School District
. The school mascot is the Eagles, and the colors are green, black and silver.

History

It was established on July 1, 2005, by the merger of the

Guttenberg Community School District Guttenberg Community School District (GCSD) was a school district headquartered in Guttenberg, Iowa Guttenberg is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States, along the Mississippi River. The population was 1,817 at the time of the 2020 census ...

and the

. The merger was approved in a September 14, 2004 election, with Guttenberg district voters approving it 396–19, and Garnavillo district voters approving it 188–20. The two pre-merger districts began sharing athletic teams in 2000 and whole-grade-sharing (in which students from one district attend another district's schools for a particular grade level) in 2001.About Us
" Clayton Ridge Community School District. Retrieved on February 23, 2019. Allan Nelson began serving of the superintendent of the district upon its legal creation in 2005; he was the joint superintendent of the two pre-merger districts beginning on July 1, 2002, when they were still grade-sharing. Nelson retired on June 30, 2015.

Schools

* Clayton Ridge High School ( Guttenberg) * Clayton Ridge Middle School (Guttenberg) * Clayton Ridge Elementary School ( Garnavillo) * Clayton Ridge Preschool (Garnavillo) Previously elementary school grades were in Guttenberg and middle school grades were in Garnavillo, but in 2016 the district began changing the configurations. Grades 4 and 8 were moved to Garnavillo and Guttenberg, respectively, that year. In 2018 the remaining middle school grades went to Guttenberg while the remaining elementary school grades went to Garnavillo.

Clayton Ridge High School

Athletics

The Eagles compete in the

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in the following sports: *Cross Country *Volleyball *Football *Basketball *Track and Field *Golf *Baseball *Softball

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Clayton Ridge Community School District
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