Summary:
Clinton, Indiana is home to four public schools — two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — all part of the South Vermillion Com School Corp, serving about 1,548 students from prekindergarten through 12th grade. The district ranks 167th of 374 Indiana districts (55th percentile, 3 stars), but its individual schools vary widely, from the 31st to the 67th percentile in 2025–26.
Van Duyn Elementary School is the academic standout, especially in math, where 57.55% of students are proficient versus 42.82% across the district; its ELA is 39.62% and science 46.94%. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism (6.3%) and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (52.07%) of the four schools. One caution: its science proficiency fell from 63.46% to 46.94%, and its rating slipped from 4 stars to 3. South Vermillion High School is the top-ranked school here, at 135th of 415 high schools (67th percentile, 3 stars), up sharply from the 37th percentile. Its graduation rate is 91.1% and SAT reading proficiency is 60.92% versus the state's 51.9%, but SAT math is only 18.39% (state: 25.6%) and chronic absenteeism is 25.2%, far above the district's 13.7% and the state's 16.7%.
South Vermillion Middle School has improved steadily, from the 31st to the 53rd percentile (3 stars), with strong 5th grade math (55.24%) and social studies (58.1%) but weaker 6th grade ELA (27.78%) and 8th grade math (29.36%). Central Elementary School ranks lowest, at 700th of 1,015 (31st percentile, 2 stars). Its ELA proficiency is 16.28% against the district's 33.14%, though math (46.51%) beats the district and science jumped from 22.81% to 38.24%. Its absenteeism is a healthy 9.1%, but 74.59% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch.
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