Summary:
ZIP code 62049 has one high school, Hillsboro High School, serving grades 9–12 with 419 students. Its strongest overall indicators are graduation and attendance: in 2025–26, 95% of students graduated, compared with 90% statewide, and chronic absenteeism was 21%, versus 24% statewide. The most important academic concern is Mathematics, where Hillsboro scored below state results in all three reported grade-and-test combinations: 21% versus 40% in grade 11, 22% versus 36% in grade 10, and 39% versus 42% in grade 9.
There is no local top or bottom school to compare: Hillsboro is the only high school in the ZIP code. Its clearest academic bright spot is grade 9, where English Language Arts was 66% versus 62% statewide and Science was 48% versus 47%. That strength does not extend consistently to upper grades: grade 11 English Language Arts was 33% versus 50% statewide, and grade 10 Science was 34% versus 48%. Across the three reported results per subject, Hillsboro averaged 50% in English Language Arts, 40% in Science, and 27% in Mathematics, compared with state averages of 55%, 48%, and 39%, respectively. These comparisons show Mathematics has the widest average gap.
Results changed in different directions by grade and test. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, grade 11 ACT scores fell in all three subjects, including a 14-point decline in English Language Arts and a 16-point decline in Science; grade 9 PreACT Secure scores improved in all three subjects, while grade 10 scores rose in English Language Arts and Mathematics but fell 14 points in Science. SchoolDigger’s reported percentile declined from 52 in 2023–24 to 48 in 2024–25 and 36 in 2025–26. For context, the school’s student-teacher ratio was 11.1 in 2024–25, and 35% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Because there is only one school, the data cannot show how Hillsboro compares with local peers.
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