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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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
451
-57 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 15.9:1
% White
90%
was 91%
% Hispanic
3%
was 2%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
3%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in LANCASTER, New York, operated by LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructing 451 students in grades K through 3.
LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 5,321 students. HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school shows 3% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Erie County's rate of about 51%.
After controlling for student poverty, HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.7%, the actual is 70.3%, a residual of +1.5 points.
In the area at large, Erie County reports that median household income runs about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.1%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 11%, going from 508 students in 2018 to 451 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.
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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
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.