Original Research by School Decision on Clinton Senior High
Clinton Senior High serves as the sole public high school for the village of Clinton and the surrounding agricultural area in Rock County, Wisconsin. The school is a regular public high school, not a charter or magnet, and it is part of the Clinton Community School District. It serves grades nine through twelve with a moderate enrollment that fits its small-town setting.
The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic minority and smaller shares of Black and multiracial students. A notable share of students come from low-income households, as measured by eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on students receiving special education services or classified as English learners was not available in this report.
The village of Clinton itself is compact and agricultural, with a self-described hometown feel. Corn and soybean farms surround the village. The population has grown modestly over recent decades, and the village hosts community events such as an annual Taste of Clinton and a stoopball championship. Home values in the area run slightly below the statewide typical level, and the local housing market is moderately priced relative to incomes. The school is the main educational anchor for the community.
What a parent or resident considering Clinton Senior High will want to know most—how students perform on state assessments—cannot be answered from the data provided. No state testing results were available for this school in this report. The same gap applies to the four-year graduation rate and chronic absenteeism, which were also missing. The comparison that places the school relative to other districts in Rock County could not evaluate the school on these core metrics because the values were absent. This lack of academic performance data is a significant blank in the picture of the school. A family may wish to contact the school or district directly for current accountability reports or school report cards.
Without test scores or graduation rates, the profile relies on context and demographics. The school is a regular high school serving a modest number of students in a small, stable village. The district’s recent history did not yield any parent-relevant changes in the search performed, so no new initiatives or shifts in programming could be described. No information on course offerings, Advanced Placement, dual credit, or career and technical education programs was available. No discipline, staffing, or attendance data appeared in the record.
For a family that values a small high school within a close-knit agricultural community, Clinton Senior High offers a straightforward public school setting. The absence of reported academic metrics means a parent will need to gather that information from the school or the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to understand how achievement and graduation compare to area high schools. The school’s demographics and economic context suggest a diverse-by-small-town-standards student body with a measurable share of low-income families. That is the full picture the available data allows.
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