Hillsdale School District

Hillsdale School District includes three schools serving elementary grades and grades 6–8, with 1,123 students across the Hillsdale area. In 2025–2026, all three schools scored above state results in their reported, grade-matched ELA and math tests, though performance varied by school and grade. The clearest elementary standout is Meadowbrook.

Meadowbrook led Ann Blanche Smith in every shared tested elementary grade in ELA and math, and in fifth-grade science. The school-to-school gaps ranged from 1.3–8.6 points in ELA and 8.7–13.2 points in math; fifth-grade science was 49% at Meadowbrook versus 30% at Ann Blanche Smith. Meadowbrook’s grade 3–5 averages were 76% in ELA and 80% in math, compared with 71% and 69% at Ann Blanche Smith. George G White also stood out above the state in all reported middle-school grades, averaging 75% in ELA and 51% in math—about 22 and 17 points above state averages. Its Algebra I results were particularly strong: 98% in grade 8 and 98% on the Algebra I End of Course test, versus 75% and 40% statewide. Ann Blanche Smith had the lower current elementary results, but its grade 4 math score reached 67%, up from 46% the prior year and above the state’s 47%.

Results shifted unevenly over time: the average state-relative lead across matched grades narrowed from 34 to 25 points in ELA and from 26 to 23 points in math. Some exceptions may matter to families comparing schools: Ann Blanche Smith’s grade 4 math improved sharply, while Meadowbrook’s grade 4 ELA fell from 96% to 77%; George G White’s grade 8 ELA rose slightly and its science score increased from 37% to 41%. SchoolDigger’s listed percentile was stable at 93 for Meadowbrook from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026, rose from 75 to 80 for Ann Blanche Smith, and moved from 92 to 89 for George G White. In 2024–2025, student–teacher ratios were 9.6 at Meadowbrook, 9.3 at Ann Blanche Smith, and 8.4 at George G White; the schools’ free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year were 4%, 11%, and 11%, respectively. These figures provide context, not an explanation for score differences.