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If you had an hour of school board time for Hillcrest Elem School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371001683
Hillcrest Elementary School
80 N Airlite St, Elgin, IL 60123 · (847) 888-5282 · Kane County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
346 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 33 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (66).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
33.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.4pp since 2023
Math
28.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.2% | 19.9% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 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 (26.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Elementary School this school | 509 | 68.0% | 26.8% |
| CICS - Irving Park Campus Chicago | 453 | 68.0% | 38.9% |
| Talcott Elementary School Chicago | 487 | 71.3% | 25.9% |
| Hill Elementary School Aurora | 511 | 66.3% | 14.6% |
| Rhodes Elementary School River Grove | 499 | 68.5% | 31.6% |
| Oakdale Elementary School Waukegan | 505 | 66.5% | 12.3% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #1,387 of 1,925 | #42 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,357 of 2,077 ▼ 164 | #54 of 83 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #1,563 of 2,077 ▲ 81 | #56 of 83 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #519 of 2,419 | #26 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,844 of 2,035 | #70 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #1,253 of 2,042 | #58 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #781 of 2,132 | #18 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #511 of 615 | #27 of 32 |
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
509
-42 (-8%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 557
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 | 509 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 68% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 26.4 | 18.6:1 | 61% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 25.5 | 19.2:1 | 67% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 27 | 18.3:1 | 82% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 29 | 20.2:1 | 83% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 26 | 22.9:1 | 80% (475) |
| 2000-01 | 566 | 34 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 26 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (495 to 509); teachers up 11% (27 to 30).
About Hillcrest Elementary School
The public elementary school Hillcrest Elementary School is located in Elgin, Illinois. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 509 students. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 34% higher.
SD U-46 includes 51 schools. Together they enroll 34,036 students.
Hillcrest Elementary School's enrollment is 79% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 12% White, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. In Kane County overall, about 33% of residents are Hispanic. Hillcrest Elementary School has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Hillcrest Elementary School is 30 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.0:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. The school counts 346 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 68%. The rate at public schools in Kane County averages 48%, lower than here.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 32.3% at Hillcrest Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 26.8%.
Kane County has these Census figures: median household income is about $103,163, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Hillcrest Elementary School is among the 167 public schools in Kane County.
Larkin High School is the public school closest to Hillcrest Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Hillcrest Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Hillcrest Elementary School at 2nd of 9.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 551 in 2020-21 and 509 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SD U-46
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Other schools in Elgin
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Prairie Knolls Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Country Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- Lords Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 641 students
Other Hillcrest Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 24 states are named Hillcrest Elementary. Hillcrest Elementary School is the 13th largest of the 42.
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolAntioch, IL · 614 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolDowners Grove, IL · 382 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolEast Moline, IL · 353 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolLake Stevens, WA · 842 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolEnterprise, AL · 753 students
Nearby schools
- Larkin High School0.8 mi · 2,174
- Creekside Elementary School1.0 mi · 469
- Highland Elementary School1.1 mi · 616
- Harriet Gifford Elementary School1.1 mi · 460
- Kimball Middle School1.1 mi · 501
- Abbott Middle School1.4 mi · 551
Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest Elementary SchoolHow large is Hillcrest Elementary School?
Hillcrest Elementary School enrolls approximately 509 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Hillcrest Elementary School serve?
Hillcrest Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Hillcrest Elementary School have?
Hillcrest Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
How diverse is Hillcrest Elementary School?
Hillcrest Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 79% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Hillcrest Elementary School in?
Hillcrest Elementary School is part of SD U-46.
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