Hilliard Memorial Middle School, Hilliard OH

Original Research by School Decision on Hilliard Memorial Middle School

Hilliard Memorial Middle School serves sixth through eighth grade in Hilliard, a rapidly growing Columbus suburb in Franklin County. The school's recent test results show it is performing solidly in math and language arts, with a majority of students achieving proficiency. Reading results are stronger than math. Science proficiency is the highest of the three tested subjects. One year of data is available, so trend direction cannot yet be assessed.

The school enrolls a student body that is predominantly White, with meaningful representation from Hispanic, Black, and Asian students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that economic diversity exists within this suburban setting. The enrollment is mid-sized for a middle school, with sixth grade showing only a handful of students listed, which may reflect how the district's grade configuration distributes students across facilities.

Hilliard sits in a housing market where home values are moderately above the national benchmark and rents have risen at a moderate pace. The area is economically stable, with employment tracking in a healthy range. For a family considering the district, a major structural change is underway: in November 2024, voters approved a new operating levy and bond issue—the district's first successful levy in some years. This will result in a lasting addition to property tax bills for homeowners; families moving into the area should factor this into their housing budget.

The district is also executing a significant facilities plan that will replace three elementary schools and create a third sixth-grade center. Separately, the district has committed to redrawing school boundaries to manage growth-driven imbalances in enrollment starting in 2025. Historically, around a large majority of families remain in their feeder pattern through redistricting, but the shift is still material enough that a family's assigned school may change. These transitions are likely to affect enrollment flows and student composition at this middle school over the coming years.

When Hilliard Memorial is positioned against other districts in Franklin County on overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades, its performance sits below the county midpoint. The locale itself combines a walkable historic core in Old Hilliard with auto-oriented suburban development on its edges, and the city is among the fastest-growing suburbs in central Ohio, with new mixed-use development and single-family construction ramping up on its western side.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grades 3-860%

School 60% · District 65% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

English language arts

Grades 3-870%

School 70% · District 71%

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Science

Grades 3-877%

School 77% · District 73% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

This schoolHilliard City, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income0%Higher-income0%0 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income0%Higher-income0%0 pp gap