The top reported proficiency rate is 86% in Social studies. The lowest is 48% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on J W Reason Elementary School
J W Reason Elementary School serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Hilliard, Ohio, a fast-growing Columbus suburb in Franklin County. The school sits in a community marked by new residential development, mixed commercial corridors, and a historic downtown core, with Hilliard itself adding residents rapidly over the past decade. The district that houses J W Reason encompasses an area much larger than the city proper, spanning former township boundaries and parts of adjacent communities.
The school's enrollment is small, with roughly evenly distributed grade-level cohorts. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is racially and ethnically diverse, with a mix that skews slightly white but includes meaningful populations of Hispanic, Black, and Asian students. The school does not report counts for students with IEPs or English learners, so details on those populations are not available.
On Ohio's State Tests in spring 2025, J W Reason showed proficiency results in the low to mid range. In English language arts, roughly half the students tested met the state's proficiency standard. In math, proficiency was similar. Science proficiency was noticeably lower, at roughly half that of reading and math. These results place the school below the midpoint of proficiency among elementary schools in Franklin County. The school had only one year of testing data available, so no trend information is present; the science result, based on a smaller tested sample, may reflect a grade-level or program-specific assessment pattern rather than a full-school picture.
The housing market around J W Reason carries a median home value in the mid-range for the region, with recent annual appreciation modest. Monthly rents are moderate. Mortgage costs and rent-to-income ratios both sit at roughly the national affordability standard, meaning families moving to the area will feel a real but not extreme financial impact from housing, especially if they are comparing against lower-cost regions. The broader Hilliard area is home to several large employers, including Advanced Drainage Systems, Micro Center, and firms like Sedgwick and Amazon Web Services, which sustains local economic life.
The district itself is in a moment of transition. Voters approved a levy and bond package in November 2024, the district's first successful funding measure in many years. That money will fund a facilities plan that includes replacing J W Reason's peer elementary schools and reshaping school assignments through redistricting beginning in 2025. Families considering buying near the school should understand that boundary changes are coming and could affect which building their child attends, even if the family remains in the same general area. The levy adds a lasting increase to property tax bills, a material cost for any household moving into the district.
The school itself does not report data on discipline, staffing, attendance, course offerings, or other operational details, so those aspects of the school's environment are not available from the sources reviewed. A parent may want to contact the school directly to understand its approach to reading and math support, special services, and the specific peer composition of J W Reason's classrooms.
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