Clinton High

Clinton High operates as a reasonably sized high school in Clinton, North Carolina, overseen by Clinton City Schools. Current enrollment sits at 828 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Within Clinton City Schools, which oversees 5 schools and 3,015 students, Clinton High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Clinton High logs that 37% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 33% Black, 22% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 22% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Clinton High has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Clinton High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Clinton High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.4%, the actual is 34.7%, a residual of -13.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sampson County indicate median household income runs about $52,432, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sampson County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,001 students), Clinton High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sampson Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clinton High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.3%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 862 students in 2018 compared to 828 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 24% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

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