Summary:
Hillsdale Local is a small Ohio district serving about 907 students across just two schools: Hillsdale Pk-6, an elementary covering grades PK–6 with 547 students, and Hillsdale 7-12, a high school covering grades 7–12 with 360 students. Overall, the district ranks 222 of 773 Ohio districts, placing it in the 71st percentile with a 4-star rating.
Hillsdale Pk-6 is the academic anchor of the district. It has held steady at the 76th percentile with 4 stars for three straight years (2023-2024 through 2025-2026), and in 2025-2026 all nine listed elementary tests sit above the state average. Math is especially strong: 4th grade math is 86.9 versus 67.3 statewide, 6th grade math is 80.6 versus 56.2, 5th grade math is 76.2 versus 59.1, and 3rd grade math is 75.0 versus 62.1. Reading is also consistently above state, led by 4th grade ELA at 80.3 versus 61.8 state and 5th grade ELA at 76.2 versus 70.4. Its chronic absenteeism is 8.3%, below the district's 10.6%.
Hillsdale 7-12 has real strengths but is the area to watch. Its 2025-2026 graduation rate is 100.0%, and several End-of-Course results are well above state: American History 90.5 versus 73.2, Algebra I 82.8 versus 61.6, Biology 82.1 versus 67.0, and 7th grade ELA 78.3 versus 62.7. However, its ranking slipped from the 72nd percentile with 4 stars in 2023-2024 to the 62nd percentile with 3 stars in each of the last two years. American Government is the one clear below-state result at 62.9 versus 71.6, and 7th grade math is only modestly above state at 51.1 versus 48.6. Chronic absenteeism is 13.8%, above the district and 5.5 points higher than the elementary school.
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