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Enrollment
596
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLIARD CITY·NCES 390470100662
Hilliard Horizon Elementary School
6000 Renner Rd, Columbus, OH 43228 · (614) 921-5800 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Ohio public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
348 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
51.9%
OH avg 59.8% . -14.9pp since 2021
Math
51.6%
OH avg 56.1% . -3.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 15 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.9% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 64.4% | 56.5% |
| 2022-23 | 57.4% | 53.5% |
| 2021-22 | 66.8% | 54.6% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hilliard Horizon Elementary School
Hilliard Horizon Elementary School's state test result (57.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilliard Horizon Elementary School this school | 596 | 58.4% | 57.5% |
| Meadowvale Elementary School Toledo | 510 | 63.7% | 54.0% |
| Wright Brothers Elementary School Huber Heights | 659 | 59.2% | 50.8% |
| J W Reason Elementary School Hilliard | 472 | 61.7% | 56.4% |
| Alton Hall Elementary School Galloway | 504 | 61.5% | 46.1% |
| James A Harmon Elementary School Grove City | 589 | 69.6% | 54.2% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hilliard Horizon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #621 of 673 | #67 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #1,062 of 1,569 ▼ 117 | #92 of 199 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #1,076 of 1,569 ▼ 212 | #92 of 199 ▼ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.9pp | #53 of 1,514 | #8 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #283 of 1,808 | #23 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #725 of 1,582 | #60 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #301 of 1,590 | #75 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #153 of 767 | #25 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #866 of 992 | #122 of 135 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
596
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 596 | 34.5 | 17.3:1 | 58% (348) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 32.5 | 17.3:1 | 56% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 33.5 | 16.6:1 | 48% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 33 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 619 | 33 | 18.8:1 | 49% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 29 | 22.0:1 | 44% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 29 | 20.2:1 | 40% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | 34 | 17.8:1 | 24% (145) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hilliard Horizon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (619 to 596); teachers up 5% (33 to 34.5).
About Hilliard Horizon Elementary School
Hilliard Horizon Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Columbus, Ohio. School enrollment was 596 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Ohio is roughly 404 students; this school is 48% larger than that.
Hilliard City counts 24 schools and 16,298 students, including Hilliard Horizon Elementary School.
Hilliard Horizon Elementary School is 55% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 18% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Hilliard Horizon Elementary School total 34.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.3:1. That matches the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio fairly closely. The school counts 348 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 58%. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Franklin County, the school's rate is higher.
Hilliard Horizon Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 12% of Ohio public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 66.8%.
In the county around the school, Franklin County, the median household income is $75,176, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Franklin County is home to 402 public schools and about 195,359 public school students.
The nearest public school is Darby Creek Elementary School, at about 1.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 57.5% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 589 to 596.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hilliard City
- Hilliard Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Hilliard Bradley High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Hilliard Darby High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Hilliard Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Hilliard Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Hilliard Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
Other schools in Columbus
- KIPP ColumbusCombined · 1,945 students
- Worthington Kilbourne High SchoolHigh · 1,623 students
- Great River Connections AcademyCombined · 1,608 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Northland High SchoolHigh · 1,029 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,028 students
Nearby schools
- Darby Creek Elementary School1.8 mi · 526
- Alton Darby Elementary School1.8 mi · 533
- Hilliard City School District Preschool1.9 mi · 415
- Brown Elementary School2.2 mi · 448
- Galloway Ridge Intermediate School2.2 mi · 705
- Hilliard Bradley High School2.4 mi · 1,712
Frequently asked questions
About Hilliard Horizon Elementary SchoolHow large is Hilliard Horizon Elementary School?
Hilliard Horizon Elementary School enrolls approximately 596 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Hilliard Horizon Elementary School serve?
Hilliard Horizon Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hilliard Horizon Elementary School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Hilliard Horizon Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hilliard Horizon Elementary School?
At Hilliard Horizon Elementary School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 18% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Hilliard Horizon Elementary School in?
Hilliard Horizon Elementary School is part of Hilliard City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.