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Enrollment
512
Middle
DISTRICT 756 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLIARD CITY·NCES 390470104610
Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School
4681 Leap Rd, Hilliard, OH 43026 · (614) 921-6900 · Franklin County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Ohio public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
132 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 410 | 80% |
Student demographics
53%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
91.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.9pp since 2021
Math
91.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.2% | 91.8% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 89.1% |
| 2022-23 | 87.9% | 88.3% |
| 2021-22 | 89.3% | 87.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
92.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 79% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School
Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School's state test result (92.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School this school | 512 | 25.8% | 92.2% |
| Lee Burneson Middle School Westlake | 501 | 24.2% | 81.1% |
| Hilliard Heritage Middle School Hilliard | 791 | 32.5% | 67.1% |
| Mccord Middle School Columbus | 636 | 26.1% | 76.8% |
| Liberty Junior School Liberty Township | 681 | 22.6% | 81.6% |
| Monroe Junior High School Monroe | 440 | 36.1% | 77.9% |
Matched among Ohio middle 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 Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.2% | #4 of 316 | #1 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.8% | #16 of 637 ▲ 15 | #1 of 64 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.2% | #8 of 637 no change | #1 of 64 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #295 of 629 | #25 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #252 of 654 | #39 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #160 of 577 | #21 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #145 of 579 | #43 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.8% | #240 of 319 | #27 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #47 of 410 | #5 of 30 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
512
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 512 | 34.6 | 14.8:1 | 26% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 35.6 | 16.1:1 | 27% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 18% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 35 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 680 | 37.5 | 18.1:1 | 28% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 30% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 32 | 18.5:1 | 27% (157) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (680 to 512); teachers down 8% (37.5 to 34.6).
About Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School
Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School is a medium-sized middle-grades school with its address in Hilliard, Ohio. A federal count lists 512 students at the school, in grades 4 through 6.
Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School is one school in a 24-school district, Hilliard City, which enrolls 16,298 students.
Roughly 66% of students at Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School are White. The rest of enrollment is 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School's diversity index is 53%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School is 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.8:1. This ratio sits 2.2 below the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 26%. The rate at public schools in Franklin County averages 41%, higher than here.
Measured against Ohio public middle schools, Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After accounting for student poverty, Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School is in the top 10% of Ohio schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 92.2% is 13.2 points above the 79.1% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Franklin County show that the median household income is $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School is one of 402 public schools in the county.
Norwich Elementary School is the public school closest to Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 69.1%; Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School's is 92.2%, ranking 1st of 7.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 512, close to the 520 recorded in 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Hilliard
- 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
Nearby schools
- Norwich Elementary School0.4 mi · 463
- Britton Elementary School0.5 mi · 435
- Hilliard Weaver Middle School0.7 mi · 917
- Hilliard Davidson High School0.7 mi · 1,847
- Avery Elementary School0.8 mi · 432
- J W Reason Elementary School1.0 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School?
Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School serve?
Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School serves grades 04-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School?
At Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School in?
Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School is part of Hilliard City.
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