Summary:
ZIP code 44233, centered on the Hinckley area, has just two schools, both elementary, serving a combined 444 students: Hinckley Elementary School (K–5, 384 students) and Hinckley Preparatory Academy (K–6, 60 students); there are no middle, high, or alternative schools in the ZIP.
Hinckley Elementary School is the standout. Its district, Highland Local, ranks 13th of 773 Ohio districts, and the school itself ranked 18th of 1,560 schools in 2025–2026 (99th percentile, 5 stars), after 6th and 12th in the two prior years. Its 2025–2026 test scores range from 91.5% to 97% proficient, averaging about 95.6% — roughly 30 percentage points above the state in nearly every reported subject and grade. It beat its own district in six of seven reported tests, with 5th-grade Science its biggest edge: 97.0 versus the district's 86.6 and the state's 62.7. Chronic absenteeism is 3.3%, well below the district's 8.3%, and free/reduced lunch is 12.24%.
Hinckley Preparatory Academy has a very different profile. Its only reported results are 100% proficient in both 3rd-grade Mathematics and 3rd-grade English Language Arts (state rates: 64.4% and 61.3%) — striking, but based on just two test records and a small cohort, so treat it as promising rather than an established trend. Its chronic absenteeism is 13.0%, nearly four times Hinckley Elementary's rate, and its free/reduced lunch rate of 38.33% is about 3.1 times higher. It does have a lower student-teacher ratio, 12 versus 19.2. Note that Hinckley Prep lacks rank history, spending data, multi-year scores, and district comparisons, so direct comparisons between these two schools are limited.
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