Hillcrest Elem School

As an average-sized elementary campus in Elgin, Illinois, Hillcrest Elem School hosts 509 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within SD U-46. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Hillcrest Elem School sits 34% above that benchmark.

Across the 51 schools in SD U-46 (34,036 students total), Hillcrest Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Hillcrest Elem School lists that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 12% White, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kane County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Hillcrest Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.3%, the actual is 26.8%, a residual of -5.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Kane County) records that median household earnings sit near $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kane County's 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), Hillcrest Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Larkin High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hillcrest Elem School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.6%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hillcrest Elem School has edged up 3%, going from 495 students in 2018 to 509 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 74% to 79%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.