Hillcrest High School

Hillcrest High School is a small secondary school in Evergreen, Alabama, part of Conecuh County. The school serves 290 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 57% leaner than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Conecuh County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,344 students; Hillcrest High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Hillcrest High School lists that nearly all students (88%) are Black; the rest reads as 7% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 45% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 76% of students at Hillcrest High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hillcrest High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 28.9%; actual is 9.9%, a gap of -19.0 points.

In the broader community, census data for Conecuh County shows the typical household earns roughly $41,327 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. In all, Conecuh County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,344 students), of which Hillcrest High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Genesis Innovative School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hillcrest High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.5%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hillcrest High School has declined 31%, going from 419 students in 2018 to 290 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 93% to 88% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 46.6:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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