Editing Clinton, South Carolina (section)

==Education==
{{See also|Presbyterian College|Clinton High School (South Carolina)}}
[[Laurens County School District 56]]<!--UNI 02640--> covers the eastern and southeastern parts of Laurens County, including the town of Clinton.<ref name=SDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st45_sc/schooldistrict_maps/c45059_laurens/DC20SD_C45059.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Laurens County, SC|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2025-03-08}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st45_sc/schooldistrict_maps/c45059_laurens/DC20SD_C45059_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> Summit Classical School, Eastside Elementary, Clinton Elementary, Joanna-Woodson Elementary, Clinton Middle School, and [[Clinton High School (Clinton, South Carolina)|Clinton High School]] serve the town's students.

Both Clinton Middle School (formerly Bell Street Middle School) and Clinton High School have gained statewide and national attention for their [[Science Olympiad]] programs, with the middle school winning 20 of the 34 [[South Carolina Science Olympiad]] Division B competitions, including two in 1986-1987 and all 17 competitions since 2003. The high school has won nine of the last eleven State tournaments, from 2009–14 and 2016–18.

Clinton is also home of [[Presbyterian College]] and [[Thornwell Orphanage]]. Both institutions were founded by Presbyterian minister and philanthropist [[William Plumer Jacobs]] while he was the pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Clinton.