Hillcrest School

Hillcrest School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Somerset, New Jersey, part of Franklin Township Public School District. The school serves 439 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Franklin Township Public School District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,950 students. Hillcrest School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hillcrest School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 23% Black, 12% Asian, 8% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Somerset County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hillcrest School has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Somerset County's rate of about 28%.

After controlling for student poverty, Hillcrest School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Somerset County shows the typical household earns roughly $140,374 per year, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Somerset County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), of which Hillcrest School is one.

Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hillcrest School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hillcrest School's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 411 (now 439). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 42% to 53% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.