Clinton Central School District is located at 75 Chenango Avenue Clinton, NY and grades K-12 attend school in this district. The district supports A Better Chance Program which includes eight students of color from inner-city areas who reside on the Hamilton College campus. Clinton offers a comprehensive, primary academic, program of study. Career and technical education is available at the Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES Career and Technical Education Center, and students with individual needs receive services in our Resource Room. Clinton is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and was selected as a school of excellence in the U.S. Department of Education's School Recognition Program.

Historically Clinton began in 1787 when Revolutionary War veterans from Plymouth, Connecticut settled in Clinton. Led by Moses Foote the new inhabitants found good soil, plentiful forests, and friendly Brothertown Indians in southern Kirkland along with Oneida Indians who passed through on trails. Named after New York’s first governor, George Clinton, an uncle of Erie Canal builder, DeWitt Clinton, the village had a gristmill on the Oriskany Creek on College Street the first year and slowly developed as a farming and mercantile center. Originally in the Town of Whitestown and then the Town of Paris, Clinton became part of the newly-formed Town of Kirkland in 1827, and became an incorporated village in April 1843 with its own board of trustees, officials, employees, and status as a taxing jurisdiction.


The Clinton Central School District is located in central New York 12 miles from Utica and 45 miles of east Syracuse. Suburban/rural community, Clinton has a solid educational history that dates to the early 1700's. Clintonians include executives, professional people, and skilled workers as educators from nearby Hamilton College. The district comprises some 45 square miles which encompasses the communities of Clinton, Clark Mills, Franklin Springs, and the Town of Kirkland.