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Enrollment
440
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSIDE SD 93·NCES 171923002210
Hillside Elementary School
4804 Harrison St, Hillside, IL 60162 · (708) 449-6491 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
38 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
268 students
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 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 21% smaller than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
42.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
23.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.5% | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 10.9% |
% 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Hillside Elementary School
Hillside Elementary School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Elementary School this school | 440 | 60.9% | 31.4% |
| Sayre Elementary Language Academy Chicago | 377 | 56.8% | 31.5% |
| Steger Intermediate Center Steger | 465 | 63.4% | 28.9% |
| Garfield Elementary School Maywood | 411 | 60.6% | 23.4% |
| Emerson Elementary School Maywood | 364 | 57.4% | 22.0% |
| LEARN Chtr School 6 N Chicago Campus Great Lakes | 503 | 60.8% | 44.0% |
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 Hillside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #1,234 of 1,925 | #381 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #1,510 of 2,077 ▲ 67 | #492 of 829 ▲ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #1,268 of 2,077 ▼ 381 | #423 of 829 ▼ 137 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #792 of 2,419 | #360 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #415 of 2,035 | #224 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #748 of 2,042 | #265 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.9% | #983 of 2,132 | #530 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #1,405 of 1,461 | #642 of 661 |
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
440
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 446
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 | 440 | 38 | 11.6:1 | 61% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 42.8 | 10.6:1 | 67% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 42.5 | 10.9:1 | 62% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 42.1 | 10.6:1 | 58% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 39 | 12.4:1 | 70% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 57% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 40 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 446 | 34 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (446 to 440); teachers down 10% (42.1 to 38).
About Hillside Elementary School
Hillside Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Hillside, Illinois. It educates 440 students in pre-K through 8.
Federal records list Hillside SD 93 as the district for Hillside Elementary School.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Hillside Elementary School, at 55%. The next largest groups are 39% Black, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. In Cook County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.6 students per teacher. That is 2.3 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 61% of students.
The allk12 Grade for Hillside Elementary School is C. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 26% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Hillside Elementary School scores 31.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 36.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
The nearest public school is Proviso West High School, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 34.4% proficiency; Hillside Elementary School posts 31.4%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment is down 3% from 2020-21, when Hillside Elementary School had 455 students, to 2024-25, when it had 440.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Hillside Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 16 states are named Hillside Elementary. Hillside Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 25.
- Hillside Elementary SchoolMONTCLAIR, NJ · 684 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolFARMINGTON HILLS, MI · 682 students
- Hillside ElementaryAshburn, VA · 656 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolCLOSTER, NJ · 599 students
- Hillside ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 586 students
Nearby schools
- Proviso West High School0.3 mi · 1,870
- Westchester Intermediate School1.2 mi · 353
- Sunnyside Intermediate School1.3 mi · 344
- MacArthur Middle School1.4 mi · 357
- Jefferson Primary School1.4 mi · 380
- Early Childhood Center1.4 mi · 178
Frequently asked questions
About Hillside Elementary SchoolHow large is Hillside Elementary School?
Hillside Elementary School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-08.
Is Hillside Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hillside Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Hillside Elementary School have?
Hillside Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hillside Elementary School?
At Hillside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 55% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Hillside Elementary School in?
Hillside Elementary School is part of Hillside SD 93.
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