Enrollment
263
Elementary
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050007100647
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
146 S. MAIN STREET, STRAWBERRY, AR 72469 · (870) 376-5416 · Lawrence County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
222 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 39% larger than its 6th grade class (28).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 61% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within HILLCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
44.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
51.8%
AR avg 38.9% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.5% | 51.8% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 52.9% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 10%.
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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 263 | 84.4% | 49.5% |
| BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MOUNT IDA | 218 | 81.2% | 34.3% |
| OMAHA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 247 | 78.1% | 34.0% |
| ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MENA | 321 | 79.1% | 45.1% |
| MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAGAZINE | 295 | 76.6% | 43.8% |
| GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GUY | 247 | 91.9% | 29.6% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #84 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #109 of 465 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #120 of 465 ▲ 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 263 | #436 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #149 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.8% | #457 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.4% | #181 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #122 of 138 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
263
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 261
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 263 | 17.3 | 15.2:1 | 84% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 223 | 17.4 | 12.8:1 | 99% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 20.8 | 12.2:1 | 81% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 255 | 17 | 15.0:1 | 85% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 257 | 20.2 | 12.7:1 | 51% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 18 | 14.6:1 | 79% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 261 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 73% (190) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in STRAWBERRY, Arkansas, are served by HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a low-enrollment elementary school. Federal data show 263 students enrolled in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 418 students for elementary schools in Arkansas.
Within HILLCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT, HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools. The district enrolls 442 students.
By race and ethnicity, HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 95% White. Other groups include 4% multiracial. In Lawrence County overall, the White share is about 92%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 9%.
The school had 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. The school's 15.2:1 compares with an average of 16.0:1 for elementary schools in Arkansas. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 84%. That rate is above the 74% average among public schools in Lawrence County.
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the top 10% of Arkansas schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.4%. The school's actual rate is 49.5%, 21.0 points higher.
In the surrounding county, Lawrence County, the median household earns about $44,882 a year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Lawrence County has 9 public schools with about 3,293 students, including HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL is closest at about 5.0 miles. The school's 49.5% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21, HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 255 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 263.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,238
Census ACS
Median income
$44,882
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
3,293 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Hillcrest Elementary schools
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Nearby schools
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL5.0 mi · 179
- SLOAN-HENDRIX HIGH SCHOOL13.7 mi · 398
- SLOAN-HENDRIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.7 mi · 456
- IMBODEN AREA CHARTER SCHOOL14.0 mi · 70
- SWIFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL14.6 mi · 189
- HOXIE HIGH SCHOOL15.4 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 263 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 95% White, 0% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HILLCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT in Lawrence County.
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