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Enrollment
1,434
High
DISTRICT 939 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUSCALOOSA COUNTY·NCES 010339000052
Hillcrest High School
300 Patriot Pkwy, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 · (205) 342-2800 · Tuscaloosa County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,434 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Alabama public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
718 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 369 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 362 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 365 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 338 | 24% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
19.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
15.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-29.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hillcrest High School
Hillcrest High School's state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest High School this school | 1,434 | 50.1% | 18.2% |
| Stanhope Elmore High School Millbrook | 1,123 | 52.2% | 37.9% |
| Russell County High School Seale | 1,078 | 45.0% | 16.1% |
| Central High School Phenix City | 1,579 | 56.4% | 26.0% |
| Calera High Calera | 1,018 | 56.9% | 22.0% |
| McAdory High School McCalla | 1,259 | 52.7% | 6.9% |
Matched among Alabama high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hillcrest High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Tuscaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #218 of 305 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #185 of 305 | #5 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #226 of 305 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,434 | #31 of 319 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #217 of 307 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #81 of 307 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #194 of 317 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #96 of 130 | #7 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,434
+120 (+9%) vs 2020
+24% since 2000-01, when it was 1,153
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 18.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,434 | 79 | 18.1:1 | 50% (718) |
| 2023-24 | 1,422 | 77 | 18.5:1 | 64% (911) |
| 2022-23 | 1,356 | 71 | 19.1:1 | 65% (876) |
| 2020-21 | 1,314 | 72 | 18.3:1 | 51% (665) |
| 2017-18 | 1,371 | 76 | 18.0:1 | 43% (596) |
| 2015-16 | 1,310 | 73 | 17.9:1 | 37% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 1,233 | 71 | 17.4:1 | 38% (472) |
| 2000-01 | 1,153 | 71 | 16.2:1 | 27% (317) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,371 to 1,434); teachers up 4% (76 to 79).
About Hillcrest High School
Hillcrest High School is a high-enrollment high school in Alabama, located in Tuscaloosa. The school's enrollment of 1,434 students covers grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Alabama average about 682 students each.
The Tuscaloosa County system has 35 schools and 19,278 students.
A majority of students at Hillcrest High School, 57%, are Black. Other reported shares: 33% White, 6% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Tuscaloosa County's residents are about 31% Black, 26 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Hillcrest High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
Its 79 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 18.1:1. That ratio is over the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 50%.
allk12 grades Hillcrest High School a D. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Hillcrest High School is 47.6%. It actually posts 18.2%, which is 29.4 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Alabama schools.
Among Tuscaloosa County residents, median household income is about $66,231, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 58 public schools in Tuscaloosa County, with a combined enrollment of about 30,508.
Hillcrest Middle School is the public school closest to Hillcrest High School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Hillcrest High School is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,314 in 2020-21 and 1,434 in 2024-25, a 9% rise.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Hillcrest High School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Tuscaloosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
237,552
Census ACS
Median income
$66,231
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
30,508 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tuscaloosa County
- Tuscaloosa County High SchoolHigh · 1,607 students
- Brookwood High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Lake View Elementary SchoolElementary · 744 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 743 students
- Brookwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 738 students
- Echols Middle SchoolMiddle · 738 students
Other schools in Tuscaloosa
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 1,153 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 796 students
- Northridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Rock Quarry Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Southview Elementary SchoolElementary · 644 students
- The Alberta School of Performing ArtsElementary · 632 students
Other Hillcrest High schools
11 other US public schools in 11 states are named Hillcrest High. Hillcrest High School is the 6th largest of the 12.
- Hillcrest High SchoolEvergreen, AL · 290 students
- Hillcrest HighMIDVALE, UT · 2,421 students
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOLJAMAICA, NY · 2,298 students
- Hillcrest HighSimpsonville, SC · 1,894 students
- Hillcrest HighRiverside, CA · 1,780 students
Nearby schools
- Hillcrest Middle School0.2 mi · 542
- Taylorville Primary School0.5 mi · 578
- Englewood Elementary School1.8 mi · 522
- Skyland Elementary School2.7 mi · 459
- Southview Elementary School2.7 mi · 644
- Maxwell Elementary School3.5 mi · 511
Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hillcrest High School?
Hillcrest High School enrolls approximately 1,434 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Hillcrest High School serve?
Hillcrest High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hillcrest High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hillcrest High School is approximately 18.1:1 (79 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hillcrest High School?
Hillcrest High School reports a student body of 33% White, 6% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Hillcrest High School?
Hillcrest High School is overseen by Tuscaloosa County in Tuscaloosa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.