Clinton County is home to four high schools, and seven elementary schools. School systems include Frankfort, Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, and Rossville, each offering a dedicated staff of teachers and administrative personnel. The county's educational system provides students with a well-rounded curriculum emphasizing math and science, reading and writing, art, music, physical education, industrial arts, agriculture, and business. The Frankfort School system is the largest in the county, with four elementary schools, a middle school, and a senior high school with 13 departments and over 90 courses.

     The exceptional gymnasiums and sports facilities in area schools reflect the serious commitment Clinton County residents have to athletic programs. Frankfort Senior High School's Memorial Athletic Complex is an outdoor development consisting of a football stadium, all-weather track, and baseball facility. The complex provides lighting for evening events and the capacity for this stadium is 2,500. This facility is considered one of the best in the state and was selected by the Indiana High School Athletic Association as the site for sectional and regional basketball tournaments as well as the host site for sectional baseball playoffs.

     Frankfort Senior High School offers teen-prep and vocational opportunities for students preparing to enter the workforce or receive training beyond the high school level. Cosmetology, building trades, and home economics courses are offered. Each year, the high school building trades class constructs a house that is placed on the market for purchase. Non-vocational courses are offered to provide students with business entry skills such as graphic arts, auto mechanics, machine shop, and electronics. Various business courses are also offered.

     Community Schools of Frankfort functions as the administrative agency for the Boone-Clinton-Northwest Hendricks School Corporation in Special Education. This cooperative system provides educational services for students who have been identified as having special needs. The staff of highly qualified psychologists manages the testing program, and programs exist for the mentally handicapped and those with learning disabilities or speech impediments.

     The Frankfort Community Library boasts a collection of nearly 100,000 volumes. Access to materials is free to Clinton County residents, and there are branches in Michigantown, Mulberry, and Rossville. The library opened in 1908, and in 1988 a new wing was built that includes a 200-seat theatre, art studio and gallery, reading room, public meeting rooms, and a music practice room.

     Adult education is also strongly supported in Clinton County. Opportunities exist for adults to receive basic education instruction and refresher classes to prepare for General educational Development tests or enhance existing skills. Other courses offered include computers, shorthand, bookkeeping, typing, and auto maintenance and repair. 

      The Learning Network of Clinton County is a community-based learning center in partnership with Purdue University Cooperative Extension, offering opportunities close to home in Clinton County, Indiana. We focus on adult learning, workforce training, and information technology. The mission of the Learning Network is to facilitate and provide learning opportunities for all citizens of the community we serve that will enhance economic development and the quality of life. The Learning Network offers a needs-driven flexible curriculum tailored to the specific requirements of our local employers and the community at large-close to home and work in Clinton County. Since September, 2000, the Learning Network has been responsive to the requests of professional and service workers of the community for Conversational Spanish to communicate with Frankfort's new residents. In addition, local companies have come to appreciate the on-going computer-based training for new workers, either on or off-site. Local government offices have also discovered a local resource for training its office workers in computer technology classes. Clinton County residents have learned to watch for the varied classes of ongoing lifelong learning opportunities in Spanish Literacy and Computer Technology. The Learning Network has served well over 2,000 students in lifelong learning, workforce training, and postsecondary credit classes. With customized course offerings, we can link training opportunities to corporate strategy and meet the needs of a dynamic work environment, developing a highly competent workforce capable of competing in the global economy. Local industries using the services of the Learning Network include Frito-Lay Inc., The Farmers Bank, Sun Chemical, Neoresins, Zachary Confections, Wesley Manor, City of Frankfort Fire & Police Departments, and St. Vincent Frankfort Hospital. Through the remote resources of Distance Education, 135 students have earned postsecondary credit in the Learning Network lab, right here in their own community. Through the Indiana College Network (ICN), a consortium of colleges and universities in Indiana, students can now take college classes even if attending on-campus classes is impossible. In 2003 the Learning Network was named as the only Indiana testing site for the ICDL, the world's leading computer literacy certification. ICDL, International Computer Driving License, certifies that students who are entering the workforce are indeed proficient in IT skills. The friendly services provided at the Learning Network allow the nontraditional student to take advantage of a "one stop shop", where educational goals can be achieved in the local community regardless of geography, work schedules, or family responsibilities.