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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 532 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 273381001540
HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY
8177 HILLSIDE TR S, COTTAGE GROVE, MN 55016 · (651) 425-4001 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- C+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
11.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
132 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 48%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
44.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
54.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY
HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY this school | 417 | 31.7% | 42.4% |
| ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY WOODBURY | 451 | 28.4% | 54.1% |
| BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH | 441 | 32.0% | 57.6% |
| Jefferson Elementary School ROCHESTER | 464 | 32.5% | 64.0% |
| Lino Lakes Elementary LINO LAKES | 501 | 32.1% | 46.5% |
| PINE HILL ELEMENTARY COTTAGE GROVE | 502 | 27.3% | 35.2% |
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 HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #476 of 844 | #24 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #379 of 844 | #23 of 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #496 of 844 | #26 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #447 of 1,130 | #28 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #141 of 769 | #2 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #261 of 796 | #14 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.7% | #658 of 942 | #10 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #211 of 244 | #14 of 16 |
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
417
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 874
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 417 | 36.2 | 11.5:1 | 32% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 34.6 | 12.3:1 | 36% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 33.5 | 12.7:1 | 43% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 31% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 37 | 11.1:1 | 31% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 37 | 11.7:1 | 36% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 26% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 657 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 9% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 874 | 34 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (410 to 417); teachers down 2% (37 to 36.2).
About HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY
HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in COTTAGE GROVE, Minnesota. The school's 417 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 21% higher than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota, which is about 344.
The district, South Washington County Schools, operates 28 schools serving 19,578 students.
White students account for 59% of enrollment at HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 10% Black, and 9% multiracial. In Washington County overall, about 78% of residents are White. By the diversity index, HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY comes in at 61%.
With 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY was 11.5:1. The 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 32%.
HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY is graded C by allk12, scoring above 29% of Minnesota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.4%, compared with a predicted 48.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Minnesota schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Washington County residents, median household income is about $115,345, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY is one of 103 public schools in Washington County, which together enroll about 46,313 students.
The next-closest public school is ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY, about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 431 to 417.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,238
Census ACS
Median income
$115,345
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
46,313 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Washington County Schools
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- Park High SchoolHigh · 1,992 students
- Woodbury High SchoolHigh · 1,943 students
- LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,165 students
- WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,160 students
- COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in COTTAGE GROVE
- Park High SchoolHigh · 1,992 students
- COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,005 students
- OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 956 students
- GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARYElementary · 797 students
- Ages 3-5 Early Childhood Special EdElementary · 591 students
- PINE HILL ELEMENTARYElementary · 502 students
Other Hillside Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 16 states are named Hillside Elementary. HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY is the 13th largest of the 25.
- Hillside Elementary SchoolMONTCLAIR, NJ · 684 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolFARMINGTON HILLS, MI · 682 students
- Hillside ElementaryAshburn, VA · 656 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolCLOSTER, NJ · 599 students
- Hillside ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 586 students
Nearby schools
- ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 325
- Park High School0.5 mi · 1,992
- Ages 3-5 Early Childhood Special Ed0.6 mi · 591
- South Washington Alternative HS0.6 mi · 97
- Great Rivers Adult Education0.6 mi · 7
- CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About HILLSIDE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY?
HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY serve?
HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY is approximately 11.5:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY are roughly 59% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY?
HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY is overseen by South Washington County Schools in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.