Hillcrest School

Located at 500 B Avenue NE, in Harlowton, Montana, Hillcrest School is a mid-sized K-5 school that caters to 195 students (grades pre-K through 8), operated by Harlowton K-12.

Harlowton K-12 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 298 students. Hillcrest School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hillcrest School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 96%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hillcrest School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wheatland County indicate median household earnings sit near $49,489, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hillcrest School is one of 6 public schools in Wheatland County (combined enrollment of about 328 students).

The closest other public school is Harlowton High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Hillcrest School.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Hillcrest School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.