HILLCREST HIGH

HILLCREST HIGH is one of the sprawling secondary schools in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, operated by SPRINGFIELD R-XII, with 1,065 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 113% bigger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Across the 54 schools in SPRINGFIELD R-XII (24,450 students total), HILLCREST HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HILLCREST HIGH logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 13% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at HILLCREST HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Greene County (around 47%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HILLCREST HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Greene County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,479 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Greene County runs 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), of which HILLCREST HIGH is one.

Nearest neighbor: WATKINS ELEM., around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HILLCREST HIGH ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 1,083 students in 2018 compared to 1,065 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 81% to 67%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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