Summary:
ZIP code 43526 in Hicksville, Ohio is served by a single school system — the Hicksville Exempted Village School District — which operates three schools serving grades K–12 with a combined enrollment of 868 students, all on one campus at 958 E High St. The district ranks 36th of 773 Ohio districts (95th percentile, 5 stars), and across all 40 reported school-level test results, every single school proficiency figure exceeds its state average, by roughly 25 points on average.
Each school plays a different role. Hicksville Elementary School (K–4, 375 students) is the district's momentum story: its rank percentile climbed 88 → 91 → 97, placing it roughly in the top 3% of Ohio elementary schools, with a perfect 100% proficiency in 4th-grade Mathematics and 3rd-grade results of 95.4% in both math and ELA. Hicksville Middle School (5–8, 282 students) is the most consistent, holding at 94 → 93 → 94 percentile, with its 7th-grade Mathematics result (87.5%) running 38.9 points above the state — the largest margin in the data set. Hicksville High School (9–12, 211 students) reports a 96.4% graduation rate and strong end-of-course results (Algebra I 90.2%, Biology 89.1%), but is the only school with a declining rank trajectory, slipping 97 → 92 → 91.
For parents, the clearest differences are direction of travel and absenteeism. Chronic absenteeism rises sharply by grade level: 4.7% at the elementary school, 11.7% at the middle school, and 16.6% at the high school — tracking almost exactly with each school's ranking trend. Enrollment per grade also drops about 30% between elementary (75.0) and high school (52.8), which is worth asking about. Instructionally, the district is unusually math-strong and comparatively ELA-weak — 8th-grade ELA (65.7% vs. 58.3% state) is the district's smallest margin over state. Two data gaps limit interpretation: free/reduced-lunch figures are not reported for any school, and spending data dates to 2018–19.
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