Summary:
Zip code 42602 has one middle school, Clinton County Middle School, serving grades 5–8 with 383 students. Its reported 2025–2026 proficiency results were below Kentucky’s in all 13 comparable grade-and-subject results, averaging 27% proficient versus 43% statewide—a 16-point gap.
Because it is the only school in the ZIP code, there is no local top or bottom school to compare; the clearest standouts are its results relative to the state. Grade 8 reading was the closest comparison, with 35% proficient versus 40% statewide, a 5-point gap. The widest gap was in grade 5 Editing and Mechanics: 18% versus 48%, or 30 points below the state. Across subjects, reading was comparatively stronger than math and Editing and Mechanics: its grade-level average was 33% versus 49% statewide, a 16-point gap, compared with gaps of 19 points in math and 18 points in Editing and Mechanics.
Results moved further below the state overall: across the same 13 comparisons, the school average fell from 33% in 2024–2025 to 27% in 2025–2026, while the state average shifted from 44% to 43%; the gap widened by 6 points. Reading proficiency declined in every tested grade, including a 9-point drop in grade 7 and an 8-point drop in grade 8. There were exceptions: grade 6 math improved 3 points, and grade 8 Editing and Mechanics had been 4 points above the state in 2024–2025 before falling 17 points to 6 points below in 2025–2026. SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined, from 182nd of 324 schools (44th percentile, two stars) in 2023–2024 to 274th of 326 (16th percentile, one star) in 2025–2026. For context, 77% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student–teacher ratio was 12.8 that year; chronic absenteeism was 28% in 2025–2026, compared with 24% statewide.
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