Summary:
Zip code 73601 has five Clinton schools—two elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school—serving grades PK–12. The latest available results show differences by subject: among schools with 2025–2026 scores, average proficiency was 16% in ELA, 13% in math and 18% in science, compared with state results of 26%, 25% and 30%. The clearest area-wide concern is that reported proficiency averages were below state results in every subject with multiple school scores.
No one school leads in every subject: Clinton High School had the highest 2025–2026 All Grades ELA result at 23%, while Clinton Middle School led in math at 20%; Clinton Middle and Southwest Elementary School tied in science at 21%. The lower results varied too: Southwest had the lowest ELA score among those schools, at 10%, and Clinton High the lowest math score, at 6%. A bright spot in the older results: Washington Elementary School sixth graders matched the state’s 26% ELA result in 2024–2025. Clinton High also graduated 89% of students in 2024–2025, versus 78% statewide. All Grades results span different grade ranges, so these are not direct like-grade comparisons.
The two-year picture is mixed: for the three schools with comparable results, average ELA proficiency fell from 17% to 16%, while math rose from 12% to 13%; the math gap from the state narrowed from 14 to 12 points. Science fell from 22% to 17% for the two schools with comparable results, widening the gap from 8 to 13 points. SchoolDigger ranks Clinton Middle highest among schools with a current ranking, at the 28th percentile, followed by Clinton High at the 17th and Southwest at the 10th. The 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 79%–85% across the five schools, an observation that does not explain achievement differences. Student–teacher ratios ranged from 13.7 at Clinton Middle to 18.6 at Clinton High.
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