Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE·NCES 200840001368
Hillcrest Elem
1045 Hilltop Dr, Lawrence, KS 66044 · (785) 832-5720 · Douglas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Kansas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
243 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 58% · 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
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
50.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
37.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.5% | 37.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 33.3% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Elem
Hillcrest Elem's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Elem this school | 393 | 61.8% | 43.6% |
| Wineteer Elem Wichita | 397 | 64.5% | 45.6% |
| Rushton Elem Mission | 336 | 53.0% | 52.8% |
| Peterson Elem Wichita | 321 | 60.4% | 45.0% |
| Rosehill Elem Lenexa | 477 | 57.2% | 37.9% |
| Lee Elem Manhattan | 299 | 69.6% | 42.8% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #317 of 625 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #369 of 625 | #9 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #304 of 625 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #201 of 714 | #9 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #97 of 539 | #1 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #11 of 540 | #1 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.8% | #234 of 658 | #1 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.4% | #15 of 151 | #3 of 9 |
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
393
+70 (+22%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 393 | 33.2 | 11.8:1 | 62% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 32.8 | 12.6:1 | 61% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 32.3 | 10.7:1 | 60% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 323 | 28 | 11.5:1 | 50% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 31.9 | 9.6:1 | 60% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 34 | 10.3:1 | 60% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 33 | 11.7:1 | 57% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 364 | 24 | 15.2:1 | 33% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 24 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (306 to 393); teachers up 4% (31.9 to 33.2).
About Hillcrest Elem
Hillcrest Elem is a medium-sized elementary school in Lawrence, Kansas, administered by Lawrence. Enrolled students number 393 students, in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students.
The district, Lawrence, operates 18 schools serving 10,380 students.
The most common group at Hillcrest Elem is White students, at 39%. Other groups make up 26% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 11% Black, and 8% Asian. Douglas County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school's share is lower. The school's diversity index is 74%, meaning two students picked at random have a 74% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1 at Hillcrest Elem, with 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.3 below the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 62%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Douglas County is 40%.
Hillcrest Elem is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of Kansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 32.6% at Hillcrest Elem; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.6%.
Douglas County census figures show that the median household income is $69,746, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 30 public schools in Douglas County, enrolling about 13,766 students in all.
The closest other public school is Lawrence West Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Hillcrest Elem is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 393, a 22% rise from 323 in 2020-21.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,302
Census ACS
Median income
$69,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
13,766 students
Quick facts
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- Lawrence Free State HighHigh · 1,774 students
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- Lawrence Virtual SchoolCombined · 543 students
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- Lawrence West Middle SchoolMiddle · 648 students
- Lawrence Southwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Langston Hughes ElemElementary · 560 students
- Lawrence Virtual SchoolCombined · 543 students
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Nearby schools
- Lawrence West Middle School0.5 mi · 648
- Sunset Hill Elem0.7 mi · 398
- Lawrence Virtual School1.1 mi · 543
- Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School1.4 mi · 386
- Lawrence High1.4 mi · 1,454
- Deerfield Elem1.4 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest ElemHow many students attend Hillcrest Elem?
Hillcrest Elem enrolls approximately 393 students in grades KG-05.
Is Hillcrest Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hillcrest Elem is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Hillcrest Elem have?
Hillcrest Elem employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Hillcrest Elem?
Student demographics at Hillcrest Elem are roughly 39% White, 26% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Hillcrest Elem?
Hillcrest Elem is overseen by Lawrence in Douglas County.
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