Clay County High School

Located at 860 Clay County HWY, in Celina, Tennessee, Clay County High School is a cozy 9-12 campus that enrolls 311 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Clay County. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 754 students each, so Clay County High School sits 59% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Clay County, which oversees 3 schools and 1,054 students, Clay County High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Clay County High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school logs 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Clay County indicate the typical household earns roughly $39,972 per year, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clay County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,054 students), of which Clay County High School is one.

The closest other public school is Celina K-8, roughly 1.6 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 3%: 301 students in 2018 compared to 311 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 95% to 87%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.