Hilltop Elementary School

Hilltop Elementary School is a small elementary-level community in Beachwood, Ohio, operated by Beachwood City. The school hosts 300 students in grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Hilltop Elementary School sits 26% below that benchmark.

Hilltop Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Beachwood City, a district that enrolls 1,583 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Hilltop Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 28% Asian, 22% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Hilltop Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Hilltop Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 80.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 87.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cuyahoga County put median household earnings sit near $64,468, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hilltop Elementary School is one of 352 public schools in Cuyahoga County (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students).

Fairmount Early Childhood Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hilltop Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Hilltop Elementary School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 76.5%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Hilltop Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 296 (now 300). Over the same period, the White share fell from 43% to 37%.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Hilltop Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.