Clinton Senior High
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BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Clinton Senior High
Clinton Senior High is a compact four-year high school in Clinton, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Clinton Community School District. The school educates 312 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Clinton Senior High sits 34% below that benchmark.
Clinton Community School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 985 students. Clinton Senior High is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Clinton Senior High shows that nearly all students (80%) are White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic. Compared to Rock County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Rock County (around 47%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Clinton Senior High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 57.6%; actual is 26.5%, a gap of -31.1 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Rock County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,673, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Clinton Senior High is one of 65 public schools in Rock County (combined enrollment of about 25,542 students).
The closest other public school is Clinton Junior High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Clinton Senior High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clinton Senior High at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.3%.
Clinton Senior High operates from a low-density location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clinton Senior High has declined 9%, going from 344 students in 2018 to 312 in 2025.
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- Clinton ElementaryElementary · 541 students
- Clinton Junior HighMiddle · 132 students
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- Clinton Junior HighMiddle · 132 students
- Clinton Junior High0.0 mi · 132
- Clinton Elementary0.4 mi · 541
- Fran Fruzen Intermediate7.5 mi · 490
- Sharon Community7.7 mi · 197
- Darien Elementary8.0 mi · 223
- Manchester Elem School8.1 mi · 136