Summary:
West Unity, Ohio is served by just two public schools, both part of the Millcreek-West Unity Local district: Hilltop Elementary School, which serves kindergarten through 6th grade with 294 students, and Hilltop High School, which serves grades 7 through 12 with 207 students. Together that's 501 students sharing one campus at 1401 W Jackson St. There is no separate middle school, so 7th and 8th grade results are reported under the high school.
Hilltop Elementary School is the school on the move, climbing from the 45th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 65th percentile in 2025–2026 and improving from 2 stars to 3 stars. Its 5th grade is exceptional: 96.6% proficient in ELA and 93.1% in science, both far above state. Hilltop High School sits at the 67th percentile with 3 stars and a 93.3% graduation rate. Its end-of-course results are strong in American History (94.4%), American Government, Biology, English II, and Algebra I. Both schools individually rank above the district, which sits at 316 of 773 (59th percentile, 3 stars).
Parents should know the weak spots. At the elementary, 6th grade ELA is a persistent concern at 37.9% versus 56% for the state. At the high school, middle-grade ELA and science run below state, and Geometry dropped to 32.6% — the lowest score in the data. Attendance splits sharply: chronic absenteeism is 6.3% at the elementary but 16.9% at the high school, well above the district's 10.6%. The high school also reports 98.55% free/reduced lunch with a lower student-teacher ratio of 11.6 versus 14.9 at the elementary.
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