Hillcrest Elementary School

Set in Antioch, Illinois, Hillcrest Elementary School is a substantial elementary campus, operated by Antioch CCSD 34. It caters to 614 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 61% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Hillcrest Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Antioch CCSD 34, a district that works with 2,574 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Hillcrest Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Lake County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Hillcrest Elementary School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hillcrest Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.8%; this one delivers 43.2%.

In the surrounding community, Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $110,416, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lake County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), Hillcrest Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mary Kay McNeill ELC, around 1.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hillcrest Elementary School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Hillcrest Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 666 (now 614). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 4% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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