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How has HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361668001487
HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
11 PLEASANTVIEW DR, LANCASTER, NY 14086 · (716) 686-3280 · Erie County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
77 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 111 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 27% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 28% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 21% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 76.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for New York 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 New York'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 HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 451 | 17.1% | 70.3% |
| ROBERT L BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW HARTFORD | 471 | 15.5% | 61.6% |
| FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALLSTON LAKE | 468 | 19.0% | 75.0% |
| L PEARL PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALDWINSVILLE | 467 | 17.1% | 62.8% |
| ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH TONAWANDA | 501 | 16.6% | 67.2% |
| EAGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELMAR | 446 | 17.9% | 72.5% |
Matched among New York 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 HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #394 of 2,335 | #13 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #382 of 2,342 ▲ 23 | #8 of 115 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #536 of 2,343 ▲ 119 | #16 of 115 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #1,074 of 2,585 | #66 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #1,248 of 2,338 | #81 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #2,144 of 2,388 | #102 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.1% | #2,304 of 2,534 | #106 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #1,076 of 1,757 | #38 of 68 |
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
451
-39 (-8%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 451 | 37.7 | 11.9:1 | 17% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 34.1 | 13.3:1 | 17% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 34.9 | 13.0:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 12% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 15% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 19% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 37 | 13.5:1 | 13% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 510 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 12% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 30 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in LANCASTER, New York. Its 451 students are spread across kindergarten through 3.
HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among 7 schools run by LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 5,321 students.
White students make up 90% of enrollment at HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other students are 3% Asian, 3% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 74% White share among all Erie County residents. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.9:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 17%. The gap from the 51% average for public schools in Erie County is 34 points.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 70.3% is 1.5 points above the 68.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among Erie County residents, the median household income is $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 226 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 451 students in 2024-25, 39 fewer than the 490 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.8:1 to 11.9:1.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,682 students
- WILLIAM STREET SCHOOLMiddle · 1,274 students
- LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 876 students
- JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 401 students
- COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 352 students
- COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 285 students
Other schools in LANCASTER
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,682 students
- WILLIAM STREET SCHOOLMiddle · 1,274 students
- LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 876 students
- COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 352 students
- COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 285 students
Other Hillview Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Hillview Elementary. HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Hillview Elementary SchoolGrove City, PA · 768 students
- HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAMMON, ID · 417 students
- Hillview Elementary SchoolNewark, OH · 407 students
- HILLVIEW ELEM.HARVIELL, MO · 144 students
Nearby schools
- JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 401
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,682
- HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 452
- DEPEW HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 581
- DEPEW MIDDLE SCHOOL2.6 mi · 421
- MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 451 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-03.
How many students per teacher at HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.