Clinton
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Clinton
Ranks #192 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Clinton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, located roughly 15 miles northwest of Worcester along the Nashua River. The Clinton Public School District serves the town and operates Clinton Senior High School. The area has a mix of residential neighborhoods and small commercial districts, with a character that blends suburban and rural features. Clinton was home to the Bigelow Carpet Company, whose mill complex became an important part of the town's industrial history during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 41% of districts. Students attend 95.3% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 16% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 29.7% in 2022 to 8.7% in 2025.
A district's overall rank is the average statewide percentile of its ranked schools, with a 10% discount for single-school districts. Category standings compare the average of each district's ranked schools and count only districts with data. How we rank
Schools in Clinton
We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.
MCAS results
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Clinton Senior High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.4% female · 52.6% male
Spending & teachers
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 164 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2% missed 20% or more of school days
About Clinton
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Town figures are FY2026 averages for single-family homes from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Assessed values usually run below recent sale prices. "MA median" is the median of the state's 351 towns.
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