Hillcrest Elementary School

As an intimate K-5 school in DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Michigan, Hillcrest Elementary School enrolls 309 students from grades K through 4, operated by Crestwood School District.

Hillcrest Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Crestwood School District, a district that teaches 3,690 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Hillcrest Elementary School shows that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder comes out to 10% Black, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hillcrest Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 29.6%; Hillcrest Elementary School posts 47.7%, +18.1 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Hillcrest Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Crestwood Accelerated Program, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hillcrest Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hillcrest Elementary School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 38.8%.

Hillcrest Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 340 students in 2018 compared to 309 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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