Clinton

Clinton has three public schools serving about 2,025 students from PK–12: Clinton Elementary (PK–4, 870 students), Clinton Middle School (5–8, 573 students), and Clinton Senior High (9–12, 582 students). The Clinton district overall is ranked 275th of 351 districts, at the 22nd percentile with 1 star, and its MCAS results are generally below state averages. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for all three schools, so socioeconomic context is not available; spending figures are from 2020–2021, while test scores and ratios are more recent.

Among the three, Clinton Senior High shows the clearest improvement: its rank rose to 236th of 353 at the 33rd percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, up from 23rd percentile and 1 star, and its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 92.8% versus the district’s 90.0%, with a 2.4% dropout rate. Its MCAS scores remain below state, though grade 10 math improved by about 6.45 percentage points. Clinton Elementary is the largest school and has the strongest all-grade math result (38.78% proficient, just 2.33 points below state), but ELA fell to 28.14%, including grade 4 ELA at 20.29% versus state 37.43%. Clinton Middle School has the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.6) and lowest 2020–2021 per-student spending ($14,555), with 8th-grade science near state parity (38.69% vs. 38.93%) and all-grade science up 9.67 points, but 8th-grade math is only 15.71% versus state 41.67%, and grade 6 ELA is 19.29% versus 40.26%.

All three schools land at the 33rd percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026; the district overall is at the 22nd percentile with 1 star. Proficiency gaps to the state are often double-digit, especially in middle school math and ELA, elementary ELA, and high school science. Resource metrics do not track simply with outcomes: the middle school has the smallest classes and lowest spending but some of the lowest scores, while the elementary school has the highest spending and enrollment with relatively strong math but weaker ELA. Because MCAS grades differ by school level and spending data is older, parents should focus on each school’s district and state gaps and year-over-year trends rather than direct school-to-school rankings.