Best Public Schools in Zip Code 43570

ZIP code 43570 serves West Unity, Ohio, and contains just two public schools — Hilltop Elementary School for grades K–6 with 294 students, and Hilltop High School for grades 7–12 with 207 students. Both belong to the Millcreek-West Unity Local district and share a campus at 1401 W Jackson St, so families here move from elementary to high school without a separate middle school. Together they enroll 501 students, roughly 59% in the elementary grades and 41% in grades 7–12.

The two schools differ in where they shine. The elementary school has climbed steadily, from the 45th percentile and 2 stars in 2023–24 to the 65th percentile and 3 stars in 2025–26, and its 5th grade results are exceptional: 96.6% proficient in English language arts versus 70.4% statewide, and 93.1% in science versus 62.7%. Fourth grade math and ELA also beat the state, and 6th grade math improved from 43.2% to 55.2%. Its clear weak spot is 6th grade ELA, at 37.9% proficient against 56.0% statewide, after 40.5% the prior year. The high school ranks at the 67th percentile with 3 stars and a 93.3% graduation rate, and outperforms the state in American History (94.4% vs. 73.2%), American Government (81.6% vs. 71.6%), Biology (80.0% vs. 67.0%), English II (73.5% vs. 62.7%), and Algebra I (71.4% vs. 61.6%). Its weaker spots are Geometry at 32.6% versus 43.3% statewide, 8th grade ELA at 48.7%, and 8th grade science at 56.4%.

Attendance is the sharpest contrast between the two buildings: chronic absenteeism is 6.3% at the elementary school but 16.9% at the high school, well above the district's 10.6%. The high school also serves a very high-poverty population, with a free/reduced-lunch rate of 98.55%, making its above-state results notable; the elementary school's rate is not reported here, so the two cannot be compared directly. Spending figures date to 2018–19 ($10,902 per elementary student and $11,429 per high school student), and with small grade-level cohorts, single-year swings should be read with caution.