Schools · Hillman

Hillman, MN schools

Hillman’s public schools score well below Minnesota’s averages: 26% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 84% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend Onamia Primary School through grade 2, then Onamia Elementary School and Onamia High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

TownTapestry School GradeNew

Hillman’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Hillman’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 77% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

DTest scoresCGraduation
Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 23%
Lower resultsHigher results
Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (589)Better than 7%
Good confidence. Built on 208 tested students and a graduating class of 47; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Minnesota’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Minnesota only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Minnesota with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path

Where Hillman kids go to school

Grades PK–2
Onamia Primary School 130 students · Onamia Onamia Public School District
Grades 3–6
C-Onamia Elementary School 131 students · Onamia Onamia Public School District
Grades 7–12
C+Onamia High School 224 students · Onamia Onamia Public School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Onamia Public)26%
State average 52.5%
Math (grades PK–12, Onamia Public)16%
State average 44.2%
Graduation · class of 2020

84% graduate on time

Graduation rate
84%
MN: 84.4%
Graduating class
47
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Hillman

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Hillman

There’s no college in Hillman, but 1 college is within 30 miles. The closest is Central Lakes College-Brainerd in Brainerd, 28.2 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Hillman. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

We don’t have any schools located in Hillman yet.

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