Clayton Ridge Community School District


Clayton Ridge Community School District is a rural public school district in Clayton County, Iowa, 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. 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 and the Garnavillo Community School District. 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 2001.
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

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 Upper Iowa Conference in the following sports:
  • Cross Country
  • Volleyball
  • Football
  • Basketball
  • Track and Field
  • Golf
  • Baseball
  • Softball