Summary:
The Kremlin-Hillsdale area has two schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Kremlin-Hillsdale Elementary School (PK–8, 186 students) and Kremlin-Hillsdale High School (grades 9–12, 84 students). In 2025–2026, their simple average was above the state in ELA (33% versus 26%, a 7-point advantage), even in mathematics (25% each), and below in science (25% versus 30%). The clearest area-wide concern is science: both schools are now below the state after being above it the previous year.
The high school stands out in 11th-grade results: its students were above the state in all four reported subjects—ELA, 44% versus 36% (+8 points); mathematics, 21% versus 17% (+4); science, 26% versus 21% (+5); and U.S. History, 60% versus 41% (+19). The elementary school’s strongest current comparison is mathematics: 29%, 4 points above the state and 8 points above the high school’s all-grades result. Its ELA result was 21%, compared with 44% at the high school. These all-grades comparisons cross different grade spans; the 11th-grade figures provide a like-grade comparison with the state.
Science results have dropped sharply: elementary proficiency fell from 54% in 2024–2025 to 24% in 2025–2026, while the high school fell from 44% to 26%; the state was at 30% in both years. The high school’s all-grades ELA and U.S. History results also declined, while mathematics edged up from 20% to 21%. Other measures offer useful context: in 2024–2025, graduation was 97% at the high school versus 78% statewide, and student-teacher ratios were 12.3 at the high school and 16.2 at the elementary school. Free/reduced lunch eligible was 41% at the high school and 49% at the elementary school in 2024–2025. Both schools had 6% chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026, compared with 16% statewide. SchoolDigger ranked the district 45th of 450 (90th percentile, five stars) and its high-school listing 69th of 462 (85th percentile, four stars).
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