Summary:
Millcreek-West Unity Local is a two-school Ohio district serving about 500 students, ranked 316 of 773 districts — the 59th percentile with 3 stars. Hilltop Elementary School covers grades K–6 with 294 students, while Hilltop High School covers grades 7–12 with 207 students; there is no separate middle school, so seventh and eighth graders attend the high school. Note that spending figures are from 2018–2019 and are older than the other data, and the elementary free/reduced lunch percentage is blank, so it is unknown rather than zero.
Hilltop Elementary is above the state in 7 of 9 listed tests, and its overall rank has climbed from the 45th percentile to the 51st and then the 65th, moving from 2 stars to 3 stars. Fifth grade is the district's clearest bright spot: ELA at 96.6% proficient vs. 70.4% state, Science at 93.1% vs. 62.7%, and Math at 72.4% vs. 59.1%. The weak spot is sixth grade ELA, at 37.9% vs. 56% state and 40.5% the year before, which suggests a persistent struggle; sixth grade Math is 55.2% vs. 56.2%. Chronic absenteeism is 6.3%, well below the district's 10.6%.
Hilltop High is above the state in 7 of 11 listed tests. American History stands out at 94.4% vs. 73.2% state, followed by American Government at 81.6% vs. 71.6%, Biology at 80% vs. 67%, English II at 73.5% vs. 62.7%, and Algebra I at 71.4% vs. 61.6%. Geometry is the only subject below state, at 32.6% vs. 43.3%. The high school posts a 93.3% graduation rate and sits in the 67th percentile with 3 stars, up from the 56th and then the 70th percentile. Its chronic absenteeism is 16.9%, higher than the district's 10.6%, and its free/reduced lunch rate is 98.55%. The high school also has a lower student-teacher ratio, 11.6 vs. 14.9 at the elementary.
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