Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Short Creek Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Bridge to Georgetown Mine, Harrison County, OhioPhoto: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0
Schools in Short Creek Township

Short Creek Township’s public schools

Harrison Hills City School District and Buckeye Local School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Short Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/6schools above Ohio’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Ohio’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
56%
2021–22
Math proficiency
34%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.2K
▲ 3% vs OH $16.6K
FY2024 · Buckeye Local
Students per teacher
15.7
OH 16.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,307 students on the public path
In brief

Short Creek Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Short Creek Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Ohio’s 3,056 public schools. Buckeye West Elementary School places highest (better than 56%); Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School lowest (32%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Four elementary schools serve Short Creek Township, graded from C+ to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School and Buckeye Local Junior High. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Short Creek Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Harrison Hills City School District.

Two districts serve Short Creek Township

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Harrison Hills City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 1,319 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 17.1 per teacher (OH 16.9)
$18,636OH $16,610 · FY2024
B−
Buckeye Local School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 1,347 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 14.5 per teacher (OH 16.9)
$17,163OH $16,610 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Harrison Hills City School District56%
State average 59.5% · 756 students tested
Math · PK–12, Harrison Hills City School District34%
State average 52.2% · 766 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Buckeye Local School District59%
State average 59.5% · 753 students tested
Math · PK–12, Buckeye Local School District47%
State average 52.2% · 735 students tested

Short Creek Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Ohio towns that share Short Creek Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Short Creek Township—Harrison Hills City PK–12 · Buckeye Local PK–12
GreenB−Harrison Hills City
Athens—Harrison Hills City
Cadiz—Harrison Hills City
SmithfieldB−Buckeye Local
WheelingBSt. Clairsville-Richland City PK–12 · Union Local PK–12
Cadiz (village)B−Harrison Hills City

4 of the 6 neighbors share Harrison Hills City with Short Creek Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Short Creek Township

6 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Ohio’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Short Creek Townshipin other towns
Harrison Central Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Cadiz
C+
773 students18:1Rate it →
Buckeye South Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Tiltonsville
C+
282 students14:1Rate it →
Buckeye North Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brilliant
B−
235 students14:1Rate it →
Buckeye West Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Adena
B
172 students16:1Rate it →
Buckeye Local Junior High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Rayland
C
299 students17:1Rate it →
Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Cadiz
C
546 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Short Creek Township’s schools

Are Short Creek Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Short Creek Township. Harrison Hills City School District and Buckeye Local School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Short Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Ohio’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Short Creek Township in?

Harrison Hills City School District and Buckeye Local School District.

Where do Short Creek Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School and Buckeye Local Junior High.

Parents talk

What Short Creek Township families are saying about school.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

Looking for colleges? Colleges near Short Creek Township → They have their own page.

School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.