High Schools in Clinton

Clinton, MA has one high school in this data set: Clinton Senior High, which serves grades 9–12, enrolls 582 students, and is located at 200 West Boylston Street as part of the Clinton district. Because it is the only high school listed for the area, families cannot compare it against another Clinton high school; the most useful comparisons are the school against its own district and against the state.

On outcomes other than test scores, the school looks solid. Its 2024–25 graduation rate is 92.8%, above the district's 90.0%, and the dropout rate is low at 2.4%, essentially level with the district's 2.3%. Class sizes appear manageable, with a student/teacher ratio of 12.7 in 2024–25, and per-student spending was $15,903 in 2020–21. The school also moved upward in state rankings: in 2025–26 it placed 236th of 353 schools (33rd percentile, 2 stars), up from 267th of 349 (23rd percentile, 1 star) in 2024–25 and 256th of 348 (26th percentile, 1 star) in 2023–24. Free/reduced lunch eligibility is not reported in this record.

Test scores tell a more mixed story. In 2025–26, the school was slightly above its district in English language arts, math, science, and biology, but every reported MCAS proficiency rate remains below the state average — by roughly 10 percentage points in ELA (34.81%) and math (33.58%), and by about 13.7 to 15.9 percentage points in science-related subjects. Science is the weakest area, with biology at 22.61% proficient and physics at 28.33%. The clearest improvement is grade-10 math, which rose from 27.13% to 33.58% year over year, a 6.45 percentage point gain, while the state's grade-10 scores declined. Averaged across grade-10 ELA, math, and science, the school gained 2.65 percentage points, narrowing its gap to the state by about 6.46 percentage points.