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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCHENRY CCSD 15·NCES 172529002755
Hilltop Elementary School
2615 W Lincoln Rd, McHenry, IL 60051 · (779) 244-1300 · McHenry County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
190 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 105 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 27% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Hilltop Elementary School→Chauncey H Duker School
Based on grade levels within McHenry CCSD 15. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
44.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
42.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 42.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 34.7% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Hilltop Elementary School
Hilltop Elementary School's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop Elementary School this school | 424 | 44.8% | 40.5% |
| Chauncey H Duker School McHenry | 433 | 43.2% | 35.5% |
| Caledonia Elementary School Caledonia | 449 | 43.2% | 46.0% |
| Minooka Elementary School Minooka | 504 | 44.8% | 42.8% |
| Edgebrook Elementary School Mchenry | 494 | 46.0% | 49.1% |
| Bert H Fulton School Tinley Park | 404 | 43.6% | 50.0% |
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 Hilltop Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #902 of 1,925 | #35 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #900 of 2,077 ▼ 237 | #30 of 44 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,211 of 2,077 ▼ 258 | #38 of 44 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #889 of 2,419 | #30 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #742 of 2,035 | #17 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #900 of 2,042 | #23 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.8% | #1,438 of 2,132 | #17 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #614 of 615 | #16 of 16 |
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
424
0 (0%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 674
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 | 424 | 33.8 | 12.5:1 | 45% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 35 | 12.5:1 | 51% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 51% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 29.7 | 14.2:1 | 38% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 43% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 25 | 20.5:1 | 28% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 552 | 28 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 674 | 28 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hilltop Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (423 to 424); teachers up 14% (29.7 to 33.8).
About Hilltop Elementary School
Hilltop Elementary School is a public elementary school in McHenry, Illinois. The school teaches kindergarten through 3 and enrolls 424 students.
In McHenry CCSD 15, 8 schools enroll a combined 4,025 students.
More than half of the students at Hilltop Elementary School are White (64%). Next come 27% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 80% White among all McHenry County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hilltop Elementary School is 12.5:1, based on 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Hilltop Elementary School counts 45% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in McHenry County average 35%.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 45.6%. Hilltop Elementary School scores 40.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for McHenry County show that the median household earns about $104,802 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. McHenry County has 89 public schools with about 50,123 students, including Hilltop Elementary School.
McHenry Middle School is about 0.5 miles from Hilltop Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Hilltop Elementary School is 6th among 9 schools close by.
Hilltop Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (424) to 2024-25 (424).
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McHenry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
312,591
Census ACS
Median income
$104,802
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in McHenry CCSD 15
- McHenry Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Parkland SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Riverwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Edgebrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Chauncey H Duker SchoolElementary · 433 students
Other schools in McHenry
- McHenry Community High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- McHenry Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Parkland SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Riverwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Edgebrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
Other Hilltop Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 11 states are named Hilltop Elementary. Hilltop Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 18.
- Hilltop Elementary SchoolElgin, IL · 521 students
- Hilltop Elementary SchoolARGYLE, TX · 788 students
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARYINVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN · 626 students
- Hilltop Elementary SchoolBonaire, GA · 590 students
- Hilltop ElementaryLYNNWOOD, WA · 562 students
Nearby schools
- McHenry Middle School0.5 mi · 695
- McHenry Community High School1.1 mi · 2,214
- Landmark Elementary School1.1 mi · 189
- Edgebrook Elementary School1.3 mi · 494
- Chauncey H Duker School1.4 mi · 433
- Johnsburg Elementary School2.5 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Hilltop Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hilltop Elementary School?
Hilltop Elementary School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Hilltop Elementary School serve?
Hilltop Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Hilltop Elementary School have?
Hilltop Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hilltop Elementary School?
At Hilltop Elementary School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 27% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hilltop Elementary School public or private?
Hilltop Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by McHenry CCSD 15.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.