Summary:
ZIP code 45133 has six schools serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade — four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — with roughly 2,650 students. Most of them (2,218 students, or 83.7%) attend the five schools in Hillsboro City, while the remaining 432 students attend Bright Elementary School in Bright Local.
The strongest academic profile in the area belongs to Hillsboro Intermediate School, which earned 4 stars and ranked in the 71st percentile in 2025–2026, with every reported subject scoring above the state — including 84.7 in 4th Grade Mathematics and 75.0 in 5th Grade Science. Hillsboro Middle School posts striking Algebra I results (100% proficient in 2025–2026, versus 61.6% statewide), though it also has the area's highest chronic absenteeism at 31.3%. Bright Elementary School has by far the best attendance — 7.4% chronic absenteeism versus 18.0% at the next-lowest school — plus strong 3rd grade math (84.6 vs. 62.1 statewide) and the lowest student-teacher ratio (16.0), even as its rank slipped from 4 stars to 3.
Parents should note the uneven picture at the upper grades. Hillsboro High School reports a 99.4% graduation rate and above-state scores in Biology and American History, but fell from 3 stars to 2 stars and scores below state in Geometry (40.1) and Algebra I (51.9). Chronic absenteeism at both secondary schools exceeds 30%, above the Hillsboro City rate of 25.0%, while all the elementary schools stay under it. Hillsboro Primary School shows above-state 3rd grade ELA both years, and Hillsboro Early Childhood Center has no test data because it serves PK–1. Spending figures date to 2018–2019 and free/reduced-lunch data is reported for only one school, so those comparisons are limited.
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