Hickman County High School

Set in Clinton, Kentucky, Hickman County High School is a close-knit secondary school, part of Hickman County. It hosts 316 students across grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 558.

Across the 2 schools in Hickman County (759 students total), Hickman County High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hickman County High School logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 11% multiracial, 10% Black, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Hickman County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Hickman County High School reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at Hickman County High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hickman County High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.2%.

In the broader community, Hickman County reports that median household earnings sit near $60,867, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Hickman County runs 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 759 students), of which Hickman County High School is one.

The closest other public school is Hickman County Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. On composite proficiency, Hickman County High School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 321 students in 2018 compared to 316 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 83% to 74% over that span.

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