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Bright Elementary School

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Bright Elementary School ranks 547 th of 1558 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-6

547^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,558 Ohio Elementary Schools

Better than 65% of Ohio elementary schools

Summary

Bright Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Hillsboro, Ohio, serving grades PK-6 with a student population of 439. The school is part of the Bright Local School District, which is ranked 353 out of 828 districts in Ohio and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bright Elementary School has consistently performed well on Ohio state tests, with proficiency rates often exceeding the state and district averages. In 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates were particularly strong in Mathematics, with 3rd grade at 72.9%, 4th grade at 69.4%, and 5th grade at 78.6%, all outperforming the state and district averages. In English Language Arts, Bright Elementary School also excelled, with 5th grade proficiency at 83.3%, significantly higher than the state and district averages. Compared to nearby schools, such as Russellville Elementary, Rainsboro Elementary, and Peebles Elementary, Bright Elementary School generally outperformed them in both Mathematics and English Language Arts.

Bright Elementary School has shown strong performance across various student subgroups, including female students, male students, white students, special education students, and low socioeconomic status students. The school's ranking for low socioeconomic status students was particularly impressive, reaching the top 5% of Ohio elementary schools in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. Additionally, Bright Elementary School's ranking for special education students also improved significantly, moving from the top 20% in 2022-2023 to the top 15% in 2023-2024. The school has also experienced a decrease in chronic absenteeism rates, from 16.1% in 2022-2023 to 10.3% in 2023-2024, which is a positive indicator of the school's efforts to engage students and families.

432

Students ?

16.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,551

Per pupil spending ?

65.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

6100 Fair Ridge Rd
Hillsboro, OH 45133-6616

(937) 927-7010

District: Bright Local

Students who attend Bright Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Whiteoak Junior High School
High:	Whiteoak High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

94.0%

Two or more races:

4.9%

Hispanic:

0.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 80th percentile in 2019 → 65th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Ohio average (69% vs 61% meeting standards)

✓Above the Ohio median (65th percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped from its 80th-percentile peak (2019) to 65th (2025)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school69%

District avg69%

Ohio avg61%

547^th of 1,558

Ohio public elementary schools ?

Top 35%▲ up 29 pts since 2015

From bottom 36% (2015) to top 35% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

353^rd of 828Bright Local among Ohio districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	69.0	547 of 1558	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	78.3	358 of 1577	77.3%	★★★★☆
2023	80.0	321 of 1596	79.9%	★★★★☆
2022	75.5	427 of 1588	73.1%	★★★★☆
2021	72.8	503 of 1610	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	79.1	329 of 1676	80.4%	★★★★☆
2018	71.6	557 of 1636	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2017	65.8	706 of 1651	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2016	63.8	760 of 1678	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2015	46.5	1081 of 1684	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2014	40.4	1199 of 1687	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	48.1	1126 of 1701	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2012	43.6	1207 of 1709	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	53.3	1041 of 1686	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2010	54.1	992 of 1662	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2009	44.5	1140 of 1610	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	49.3	1029 of 1582	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2007	49.0	1028 of 1609	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2006	38.0	1122 of 1504	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	19.1	1317 of 1501	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	31.1	1154 of 1471	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2022	57.0	271 of 824	67.1%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	63.7	597 of 1452	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	71.2	468 of 1466	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	75.7	367 of 1483	75.3%	★★★★☆
2022	70.3	481 of 1488	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	73.9	395 of 1467	73.1%	★★★★☆
2019	75.3	376 of 1502	75.0%	★★★★☆
2018	67.0	583 of 1518	61.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	69.2	449 of 1473	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	85.5	104 of 1484	93.0%	★★★★★
2023	87.8	82 of 1447	94.3%	★★★★★
2022	83.4	134 of 1419	90.6%	★★★★★
2021	79.4	205 of 1404	85.4%	★★★★☆
2019	86.6	78 of 1465	94.7%	★★★★★
2018	79.7	192 of 1465	86.9%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	70.1	495 of 1466	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	81.4	254 of 1485	82.9%	★★★★☆
2023	81.1	268 of 1498	82.1%	★★★★☆
2022	72.0	477 of 1518	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	65.4	588 of 1499	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	71.9	481 of 1535	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	68.6	545 of 1536	64.5%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	53.6	335 of 935	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	58.0	288 of 900	68.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	74.1	131 of 856	84.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	56.4	587 of 1175	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	68.8	405 of 1190	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	69.8	379 of 1215	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	63.7	503 of 1242	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	61.8	514 of 1249	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	63.3	539 of 1271	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.6	655 of 1309	50.0%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)70th percentile+5 vs school

Disabled (2022)67th percentile-6 vs school

Male (2025)66th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)64th percentile~ school

Female (2025)59th percentile-6 vs school

White (2025)50th percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts73%+11 vs state

Mathematics68%+8 vs state

Science62%~ state avg

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Ohio State Tests Science (2025)	Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2025)				Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 6th Grade	Total
Bright Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	6100 Fair Ridge Rd	Hillsboro	45133	Highland County	Bright Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 927-7010	432	27	16.0	65.7%	406 (94.0%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.9%)	69	547^th of 1558 public elementary schools	64.9%		78.3	358^th of 1577 public elementary schools	77.3%	189	61.9	72.9	69.4	78.6	51.5	71.2	75.5	83.3	60.3	$12,551
Hillsboro Intermediate School	Public	4-5	500 Us Highway 62	Hillsboro	45133	Highland County	Hillsboro City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 393-3132	308	19	16.2		278 (90.3%)	6 (1.9%)	4 (1.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.5%)	80.5	291^st of 1558 public elementary schools	81.3%		81.4	285^th of 1577 public elementary schools	81.9%	6	83.6		86.7	74.0			77.3	79.5		$12,133
Sardinia Elementary School	Public	K-5	7742 Tricounty Hwy	Sardinia	45171	Brown County	Eastern Local School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 446-2250	274	14	19.5	58.4%	262 (95.6%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	77.1	384^th of 1558 public elementary schools	75.4%		69.6	549^th of 1577 public elementary schools	65.2%	165	89.6	89.1	78.6	64.6		78.6	71.4	75.0		$12,426
Hillsboro Primary School	Public	2-3	500 Us Highway 62	Hillsboro	45133	Highland County	Hillsboro City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 393-3132	344	18	19.1		301 (87.5%)	6 (1.7%)	11 (3.2%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.4%)								(n/a)		58.2				76.9				$14,038
Hillsboro Early Childhood Center	Public	PK, KG-1	500 Us Highway 62	Hillsboro	45133	Highland County	Hillsboro City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 393-3132	456	21	21.7		401 (87.9%)	15 (3.3%)	18 (3.9%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.9%)								(n/a)										$10,089
North Adams Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2295 Moores Rd	Seaman	45679	Adams County	Adams County Ohio Valley Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 386-2516	629	36	17.4		605 (96.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.6%)	58.2	758^th of 1558 public elementary schools	51.3%		55.3	844^th of 1577 public elementary schools	46.5%	86	76.4	79.5	70.8	56.9	42.3	60.2	57.8	70.8	48.5	$12,152
Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6760 State Route 134	Lynchburg	45142	Highland County	Lynchburg-Clay Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 364-9119	471	33	14.2	52.9%	447 (94.9%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.8%)	78.3	358^th of 1558 public elementary schools	77.0%		73.2	478^th of 1577 public elementary schools	69.7%	120	81.3	86.3	77.8	73.8		75.3	76.4	78.8		$13,248
Mt Orab Primary Elementary School	Public	K-4	474 W Main St	Mount Orab	45154	Brown County	Western Brown Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 444-2528	683	39	17.5	70.1%	641 (93.9%)	2 (0.3%)	11 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.7%)	60.7	718^th of 1558 public elementary schools	53.9%		58.4	784^th of 1577 public elementary schools	50.3%	66		65.7	78.2			70.9	57.1			$11,211
Peebles Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	700 Indian Dr	Peebles	45660	Adams County	Adams County Ohio Valley Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 587-2611	552	32	17.2		527 (95.5%)	3 (0.5%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.7%)	48.8	917^th of 1558 public elementary schools	41.1%		63	694^th of 1577 public elementary schools	56.0%	223	57.6	69.2	55.7	51.5	71.7	55.1	45.9	59.1	49.2	$12,315
Russellville Elementary School	Public	K-5	239 W Main St	Russellville	45168	Brown County	Eastern Local School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 377-4771	295	14	20.7	47.5%	290 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	79.9	313^th of 1558 public elementary schools	79.9%		79.2	338^th of 1577 public elementary schools	78.6%	25	72.7	97.9	88.6	61.4		79.2	84.1	79.5		$12,494

Frequently Asked Questions about Bright Elementary School

What district is Bright Elementary School in?

Bright Local

Is Bright Elementary School a good school?

Bright Elementary School ranks 547^th of 1558 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Bright Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 432 students attended Bright Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Bright Elementary School?

Students at Bright Elementary School are 94% White, 5% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Bright Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Bright Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Whiteoak Junior High School
High : Whiteoak High School

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