The Morgan School

The Morgan School is one of the intimate high schools in Clinton, Connecticut, operated by Clinton School District, with 473 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 788 students each, so The Morgan School sits 40% below that benchmark.

Within Clinton School District, which oversees 3 schools and 1,423 students, The Morgan School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, The Morgan School logs that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 25% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. The state averages around 12.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region (around 32%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the area at large, census data for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region shows the typical household earns roughly $104,428 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. The Morgan School is one of 57 public schools in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 19,075 students).

Lewin G. Joel Jr. School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 17%: 571 students in 2018 compared to 473 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 82% to 68% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for The Morgan School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.