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Enrollment
581
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240033090473
Hillcrest Elementary
1285 Hillcrest Drive, Frederick, MD 21703 · (227) 203-1660 · Frederick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
529 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 54%
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 | 68 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 73% · 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
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
35.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +9.3pp since 2023
Math
26.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.6% | 26.6% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 26.2% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. 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
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% typical for Maryland 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 Maryland'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
Hillcrest Elementary's state test result (28.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Elementary this school | 581 | 91.0% | 28.7% |
| Rosa L. Parks Elementary Hyattsville | 607 | 89.6% | 15.6% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary Hyattsville | 631 | 89.5% | 23.9% |
| Lewisdale Elementary Hyattsville | 533 | 91.4% | 26.4% |
| Adelphi Elementary Adelphi | 505 | 88.9% | 28.3% |
| Edward M. Felegy ES Hyattsville | 641 | 93.6% | 25.9% |
Matched among Maryland 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Frederick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #660 of 853 | #39 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #643 of 853 ▼ 43 | #39 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #627 of 853 ▲ 89 | #39 of 39 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #236 of 898 | #19 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #26 of 857 | #1 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.5% | #688 of 857 | #33 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #72 of 885 | #1 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.7% | #20 of 551 | #2 of 17 |
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
581
-133 (-19%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 791
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 581 | 56.7 | 10.3:1 | 91% (529) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 58.8 | 9.5:1 | 88% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 62.9 | 9.1:1 | 92% (529) |
| 2020-21 | 714 | 66 | 10.8:1 | 83% (593) |
| 2017-18 | 964 | 77.8 | 12.4:1 | 92% (886) |
| 2015-16 | 1,013 | 79 | 12.8:1 | 93% (938) |
| 2010-11 | 802 | 63 | 12.7:1 | 88% (702) |
| 2000-01 | 791 | 44 | 18.0:1 | 36% (282) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (964 to 581); teachers down 27% (77.8 to 56.7).
About Hillcrest Elementary
Hillcrest Elementary is an elementary school in Frederick, Maryland, and it is part of Frederick County Public Schools. It reports enrollment of 581 students in pre-K through 5. The school is 21% above the average for elementary schools in Maryland.
In Frederick County Public Schools, 67 schools enroll a combined 48,054 students.
Roughly 81% of students at Hillcrest Elementary are Hispanic. Other students are 8% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Frederick County residents are about 13% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hillcrest Elementary scores 33%.
The school's 56.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Income data for the school show 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Frederick County is 37%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Hillcrest Elementary would be expected to post about 20.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.7%.
In the wider Frederick County area, the median household earns about $122,002 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Frederick County, 69 public schools serve about 48,054 students.
Hillcrest Elementary's nearest public school is Butterfly Ridge Elementary (about 0.3 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hillcrest Elementary. By average proficiency, Hillcrest Elementary is 9th among 9 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Hillcrest Elementary's location as City: Small.
A 19% decrease took enrollment from 714 in 2020-21 to 581 in 2024-25.
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Frederick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
287,048
Census ACS
Median income
$122,002
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
48,054 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frederick County Public Schools
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Urbana HighHigh · 1,989 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Oakdale HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
Other schools in Frederick
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
- Crestwood MiddleMiddle · 996 students
- Waverley ElementaryElementary · 965 students
Other Hillcrest Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 24 states are named Hillcrest Elementary. Hillcrest Elementary is the 9th largest of the 42.
- Hillcrest ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 678 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolLake Stevens, WA · 842 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolEnterprise, AL · 753 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolNEDERLAND, TX · 717 students
- HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WALES, FL · 667 students
Nearby schools
- Butterfly Ridge Elementary0.3 mi · 607
- Orchard Grove Elementary1.2 mi · 613
- West Frederick Middle1.3 mi · 820
- Waverley Elementary1.3 mi · 965
- Frederick High1.4 mi · 1,821
- Parkway Elementary1.7 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest ElementaryHow large is Hillcrest Elementary?
Hillcrest Elementary enrolls approximately 581 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hillcrest Elementary serve?
Hillcrest Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hillcrest Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hillcrest Elementary is approximately 10.3:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hillcrest Elementary?
Student demographics at Hillcrest Elementary are roughly 6% White, 81% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Hillcrest Elementary?
Hillcrest Elementary is overseen by Frederick County Public Schools in Frederick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.