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Hillsboro High School
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Hillsboro High School
Set in Hillsboro, Ohio, Hillsboro High School is a mid-tier secondary school, run under Hillsboro City. It educates 638 students across grades 9 through 12.
Across the 5 schools in Hillsboro City (2,218 students total), Hillsboro High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Hillsboro High School logs that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Hillsboro High School logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.
In the broader community, census data for Highland County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,785 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Highland County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,468 students), of which Hillsboro High School is one.
Hillsboro Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Over the past 7-year window. Hillsboro High School's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 703 (now 638). Class-load math has loosened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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- Hillsboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
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- Hillsboro Primary SchoolElementary · 344 students
- Hillsboro Intermediate SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Hillsboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- Hillsboro Early Childhood CenterElementary · 456 students
- Bright Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Hillsboro Primary SchoolElementary · 344 students
- Hillsboro Intermediate SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Hillsboro Middle School0.0 mi · 472
- Hillsboro Early Childhood Center0.2 mi · 456
- Hillsboro Intermediate School0.2 mi · 308
- Hillsboro Primary School0.2 mi · 344
- Bright Elementary School8.3 mi · 432
- Lynchburg-Clay Middle School10.1 mi · 246