Summary:
Clinton, Massachusetts has three public schools serving students from prekindergarten through 12th grade: Clinton Elementary for PK–4, Clinton Middle School for grades 5–8, and Clinton Senior High for grades 9–12. Together they enroll 2,025 students, and the elementary school alone accounts for 43.0% of that total. The Clinton district carries a district-level rating of 1 star and the 22nd percentile, while each individual Clinton school earned 2 stars and a 33rd percentile rank in 2025–2026 — meaning the schools are rated above their own district mark.
Comparing the three, Clinton Senior High has the strongest momentum: it rose from 1 star to 2 stars, moved from the 23rd to the 33rd percentile, improved 10th-grade math proficiency from 27.13% to 33.58%, and posted a 92.8% graduation rate. Its test scores, though, still trail state averages in every reported subject. Clinton Elementary shows the sharpest swing in the other direction: after reaching the 50th percentile with 3 stars in 2024–2025, its ELA results fell from 41.22% to 28.14% and Grade 4 ELA landed at 20.29% versus the state's 37.43%. Clinton Middle School is the steadiest, holding 2 stars for three years, with the lowest per-student spending ($14,555) and lowest student-teacher ratio (11.6), and a science jump from 24.25% to 33.92%.
For parents, the clearest pattern is that all three schools sit below state proficiency in most 2025–2026 subjects, with the widest gaps in middle-school math (26.64% vs. 41.11%) and high-school science and Biology (roughly 14–15 points). Bright spots worth noting include Grade 3 math at 41.6%, nearly matching the state, and Grade 8 science at 38.69%, essentially at the state's 38.93%. Keep in mind that grade spans differ, so rank pools range from 899 elementary schools to 353 high schools and raw ranks are not directly comparable; spending figures are from 2020–2021 only; and free/reduced lunch data is blank for all three schools rather than zero.
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