Hilliard City

Hilliard City serves about 15,883 students across 23 schools — 14 elementary, 5 middle, and 4 high, with no alternative schools. The district is rated 238 of 773 in Ohio, the 69th percentile with 3 stars, but that rating is identical for every school listed, so school-level numbers are far more useful for comparing individual schools. Enrollment is split roughly 42.7% elementary (6,778 students), 23.8% middle (3,780), and 33.5% high (5,325), with three comprehensive high schools plus a small online academy.

The academic standouts span all levels. Ridgewood Elementary School is the strongest elementary, ranking 164 of 1,560 (89th percentile, 4 stars) with low 4.6% chronic absenteeism. Washington Elementary School (77th percentile) has the district's lowest absenteeism at 3.3% and top 5th-grade Science at 92.6%; Brown Elementary School reaches the 82nd percentile. Scioto Darby Elementary School is notable for hitting the 77th percentile with 36.44% free/reduced lunch. Hilliard Weaver Middle School leads middle schools at the 86th percentile, and Hilliard Davidson High School leads the comprehensive high schools at the 76th percentile with a 96.5% graduation rate.

The main concern is Hilliard Online Academy, which ranks 686 of 795 (14th percentile, 1 star) with a 65.4% graduation rate and 60.5% chronic absenteeism — evaluate it separately from the other high schools. Algebra I is a relative weak spot at the comprehensive high schools (Davidson 57.6%, below the state's 61.6%), and the district's 74.6% average is inflated by middle-school Algebra I scores near 100%. Chronic absenteeism runs from 3.3% at Washington to 60.5% online, with elementaries generally under 10% and middle/high schools often 14–19%. Poverty aligns with outcomes only imperfectly: J W Reason Elementary School has 61.65% free/reduced lunch and sits at the 40th percentile, while Weaver reaches the 86th percentile at 33.26%.