Enrollment
309
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRESTWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 260001603913
Hillcrest Elementary School
7500 N VERNON ST, DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI 48127 · (313) 278-0425 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
256 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 55%
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 | 68 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 7% smaller than its 4th grade class (73).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 56% · 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
Based on grade levels within Crestwood School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
48.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Michigan's top 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 School
Hillcrest Elementary School's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Elementary School this school | 309 | 82.8% | 47.7% |
| Townsend Elementary School JACKSON | 316 | 82.6% | N/A |
| WhittemorePrescott Area Elementary WHITTEMORE | 347 | 83.0% | N/A |
| Farwell Elementary School FARWELL | 336 | 81.5% | 29.5% |
| KND Elementary BRETHREN | 289 | 76.8% | 23.4% |
| Alcona Elementary School HARRISVILLE | 318 | 80.5% | 33.6% |
Matched among Michigan 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #478 of 1,085 | #58 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #472 of 1,072 | #61 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #624 of 1,139 | #75 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #1,049 of 1,630 | #227 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #107 of 1,424 | #10 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #782 of 1,424 | #137 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.8% | #313 of 1,563 | #146 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #619 of 979 | #104 of 177 |
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
309
-30 (-9%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 274
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 309 | 24.6 | 12.6:1 | 83% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 23.1 | 13.1:1 | 86% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 23.1 | 13.5:1 | 84% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 18 | 18.8:1 | 79% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 20.7 | 16.4:1 | 79% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 19 | 17.1:1 | 74% (239) |
| 2010-11 | 252 | 14 | 18.0:1 | 54% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 13 | 24.7:1 | 13% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 274 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (340 to 309); teachers up 19% (20.7 to 24.6).
About Hillcrest Elementary School
Hillcrest Elementary School is a small elementary school in Michigan, located in DEARBORN HEIGHTS. The school covers kindergarten through 4 and reported 309 students in 2024-25.
The district for Hillcrest Elementary School is Crestwood School District, with 6 schools and 3,690 students.
By race and ethnicity, Hillcrest Elementary School is 82% White. The remaining shares are 10% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.
Hillcrest Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1, with 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 66% for public schools in Wayne County.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 29.6% for Hillcrest Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 47.7%. The 18.1-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Michigan schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Wayne County show that the median household earns about $60,539 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Wayne County has 573 public schools with about 259,786 students, including Hillcrest Elementary School.
Crestwood Accelerated Program, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Hillcrest Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.8%; Hillcrest Elementary School's is 47.7%, ranking 2nd of 4.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 339 to 309, a 9% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.8:1 to 12.6:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Hillcrest Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crestwood School District
- Crestwood High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Riverside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,139 students
- Kinloch Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Highview Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Crestwood Accelerated ProgramElementary · 18 students
Other schools in DEARBORN HEIGHTS
- Star International AcademyCombined · 1,728 students
- Crestwood High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Riverside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,139 students
- Annapolis High SchoolHigh · 682 students
- Thorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Kinloch Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
Other Hillcrest Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 24 states are named Hillcrest Elementary. Hillcrest Elementary School is the 36th largest of the 42.
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolALMA, MI · 400 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolLake Stevens, WA · 842 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolEnterprise, AL · 753 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolNEDERLAND, TX · 717 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 678 students
Nearby schools
- Crestwood Accelerated Program0.0 mi · 18
- Highview Elementary School0.7 mi · 395
- Star International Academy0.8 mi · 1,728
- Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School0.8 mi · 68
- Global Heights Academy0.8 mi · 274
- Dearborn STEM Middle School0.9 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest Elementary SchoolHow large is Hillcrest Elementary School?
Hillcrest Elementary School enrolls approximately 309 students in grades KG-04.
Is Hillcrest Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hillcrest Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hillcrest Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hillcrest Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hillcrest Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hillcrest Elementary School are roughly 82% White, 4% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Hillcrest Elementary School in?
Hillcrest Elementary School is part of Crestwood School District.
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