In 2009, Hilliard City School District was awarded the “Excellent with Distinction” rating by the Ohio Department of Education, which is the agency's highest rating.
[4] In 2011, Hilliard City School District was once again awarded with the "Excellent with Distinction" rating by the Ohio Department of Education.
The district's service area has a total of about 60 square miles (160 km2) of area, including portions of northwestern Franklin County and a portion of Union County smaller than 1 square mile (2.6 km2).
Within Franklin County areas served by this district include the City of Hilliard, portions of Columbus and Dublin, all of the townships of Brown and Norwich, and portions of the townships of Franklin, Prairie, and Washington.
[5] As of January 2014, of the students, about 38.98% reside in the City of Hilliard.