Hillcrest Middle School

Set in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Hillcrest Middle School is a moderately sized junior high, operated by Tuscaloosa County. It hosts 542 students across grades 6 through 8.

Tuscaloosa County comprises 35 schools with combined enrollment of 19,278 students; Hillcrest Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Hillcrest Middle School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 78% of enrollment; the rest looks like 15% White, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Tuscaloosa County as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Hillcrest Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hillcrest Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.3%; this one delivers 24.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Tuscaloosa County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,231 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Tuscaloosa County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,508 students), Hillcrest Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hillcrest High School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hillcrest Middle School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hillcrest Middle School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 540 (now 542). The White share of enrollment shrank from 32% to 15% over that span.

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