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Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001060
Hillcrest Heights Elementary
4305 22nd Pl, Temple Hills, MD 20748 · (301) 702-3800 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
363 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 35 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
32.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
19.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.5% | 19.7% |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% | 10.7% |
% 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
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Heights Elementary
Hillcrest Heights Elementary's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Heights Elementary this school | 388 | 93.6% | 23.6% |
| Bradbury Heights Elementary Capital Heights | 354 | 94.1% | 14.9% |
| William Beanes Elementary Suitland | 424 | 90.3% | 16.8% |
| High Bridge Elementary Bowie | 394 | 92.4% | 35.5% |
| District Heights Elementary District Heights | 365 | 94.8% | 20.3% |
| Arrowhead Elementary Upper Marlboro | 378 | 87.3% | 21.3% |
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 Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #745 of 853 | #101 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #746 of 853 ▲ 84 | #94 of 136 ▲ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #684 of 853 ▼ 45 | #85 of 136 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #621 of 898 | #87 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #177 of 857 | #37 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.1% | #510 of 857 | #66 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.6% | #29 of 885 | #22 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #141 of 551 | #37 of 99 |
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
388
-32 (-8%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 388 | 32.3 | 12.0:1 | 94% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 30.2 | 13.1:1 | 92% (361) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 30.2 | 13.4:1 | 66% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 92% (385) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 27.7 | 17.6:1 | 100% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 32 | 16.1:1 | 73% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 71% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 70% (378) |
| 1990-91 | 571 | 36 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (489 to 388); teachers up 17% (27.7 to 32.3).
About Hillcrest Heights Elementary
Hillcrest Heights Elementary is the name of a low-enrollment elementary school in Temple Hills, Maryland. It enrolls 388 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Hillcrest Heights Elementary belongs to Prince George's County Public Schools, a district of 199 schools and 132,693 students.
The share of Black students at Hillcrest Heights Elementary is 63%, a majority. The school is also 32% Hispanic and 3% White. Census estimates put Prince George's County at about 59% Black, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at Hillcrest Heights Elementary are from different groups.
Hillcrest Heights Elementary lists 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.0 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is 1.8 students per teacher. About 94% of students at Hillcrest Heights Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Prince George's County is 79%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Hillcrest Heights Elementary outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Hillcrest Heights Elementary would score about 18.9%. It scores 23.6%, 4.7 points above that figure.
For the population of Prince George's County, the median household earns about $101,798 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Prince George's County counts 203 public schools with about 132,693 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Imagine Lincoln PCS, is the closest to Hillcrest Heights Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hillcrest Heights Elementary. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Hillcrest Heights Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 420 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 388 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 14.0:1 to 12.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Temple Hills
- Crossland HighHigh · 1,094 students
- Thurgood Marshall MiddleMiddle · 707 students
- Benjamin Stoddert MiddleMiddle · 628 students
- Panorama ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Allenwood ElementaryElementary · 371 students
- Imagine Lincoln PCSElementary · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Imagine Lincoln PCS0.5 mi · 371
- Maya Angelou French Immersion0.5 mi · 363
- Panorama Elementary0.6 mi · 554
- Benjamin Stoddert Middle0.7 mi · 628
- Barnaby Manor Elementary1.0 mi · 438
- Potomac High1.1 mi · 1,347
Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest Heights ElementaryHow many students attend Hillcrest Heights Elementary?
Hillcrest Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 388 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hillcrest Heights Elementary serve?
Hillcrest Heights Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hillcrest Heights Elementary?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Hillcrest Heights Elementary.
How diverse is Hillcrest Heights Elementary?
Hillcrest Heights Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 32% Hispanic, 63% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Hillcrest Heights Elementary?
Hillcrest Heights Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.