Enrollment
373
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 270579002292
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY
9301 THOMAS RD, BLOOMINGTON, MN 55431 · (952) 681-5300 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Minnesota 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.
- DBeats 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 Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
78 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 48%
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 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 60% · 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
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
54.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
47.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 55 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 Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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 (45.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILLCREST ELEMENTARY this school | 373 | 20.9% | 45.5% |
| Armatage Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 377 | 20.2% | 71.3% |
| RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON | 390 | 23.8% | 68.9% |
| ALBERTVILLE PRIMARY ALBERTVILLE | 422 | 21.8% | N/A |
| GLEN LAKE ELEMENTARY MINNETONKA | 465 | 23.2% | 54.9% |
| CHANHASSEN ELEMENTARY CHANHASSEN | 447 | 18.6% | 65.8% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #424 of 844 | #74 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #476 of 844 | #82 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #299 of 844 | #63 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #532 of 1,130 | #119 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #468 of 769 | #86 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.2% | #401 of 796 | #116 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.9% | #816 of 942 | #145 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #349 of 499 | #66 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
373
+30 (+9%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 373 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 21% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 25% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 25.4 | 13.9:1 | 29% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 25% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 25.8 | 15.8:1 | 26% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 22% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 24 | 18.4:1 | 15% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 15% (70) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HILLCREST ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (407 to 373); teachers up 1% (25.8 to 26).
About HILLCREST ELEMENTARY
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school located in BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 373 students.
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY is one school in Bloomington Public Schools, a system of 22 schools with 10,442 students.
White students account for 71% of enrollment at HILLCREST ELEMENTARY. Other groups include 13% Black, 9% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. By the diversity index, HILLCREST ELEMENTARY comes in at 47%.
Its 26 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Minnesota have a similar average ratio of 13.7:1. The school's lunch program data list 21% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 22 points below the 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, HILLCREST ELEMENTARY receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY is 8.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (45.5% versus 53.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Minnesota.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hennepin County show that median household income is about $97,653, about 54% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. HILLCREST ELEMENTARY is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County, which together enroll about 177,509 students.
The closest other public school is Choice Academy, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. HILLCREST ELEMENTARY's average proficiency of 45.5% compares with 40.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 373, 9% above the 343 of 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bloomington Public Schools
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,684 students
- Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- OLSON MIDDLEMiddle · 762 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLEMiddle · 711 students
- VALLEY VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 647 students
- OLSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 524 students
Other schools in BLOOMINGTON
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,684 students
- Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- OLSON MIDDLEMiddle · 762 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLEMiddle · 711 students
- VALLEY VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 647 students
- BLUESKY CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 634 students
Other Hillcrest Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 24 states are named Hillcrest Elementary. HILLCREST ELEMENTARY is the 27th largest of the 42.
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolLake Stevens, WA · 842 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolEnterprise, AL · 753 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolNEDERLAND, TX · 717 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 678 students
- HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WALES, FL · 667 students
Nearby schools
- Choice Academy0.6 mi · 121
- BLOOMINGTON TRANSITION CENTER0.6 mi · 80
- New Code Academy Elementary1.1 mi · 85
- WASHBURN ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 298
- Jefferson High School1.4 mi · 1,684
- NORMANDALE HILLS ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About HILLCREST ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at HILLCREST ELEMENTARY?
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 373 students in grades KG-05.
Is HILLCREST ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does HILLCREST ELEMENTARY have?
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HILLCREST ELEMENTARY?
At HILLCREST ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 71% White, 6% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees HILLCREST ELEMENTARY?
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY is overseen by Bloomington Public Schools in Hennepin County.
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