Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 212 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEACHWOOD CITY·NCES 390435500125
Hilltop Elementary School
24524 Hilltop Dr, Beachwood, OH 44122 · (216) 831-7144 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 33.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
65 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 89 | 30% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 37% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 33% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 54% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Beachwood City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
83.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -8.1pp since 2021
Math
84.4%
OH avg 56.1% . -4.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.3% | 84.4% |
| 2023-24 | 88.6% | 88.4% |
| 2022-23 | 88.5% | 89.5% |
| 2021-22 | 91.4% | 88.4% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
87.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Hilltop Elementary School
Hilltop Elementary School's state test result (87.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop Elementary School this school | 300 | 21.7% | 87.4% |
| Bryden Elementary School Beachwood | 260 | 25.4% | N/A |
| Grace L Roxbury Elementary School Solon | 487 | 19.1% | 98.2% |
| Parkside Elementary School Solon | 502 | 17.3% | 97.6% |
| Indian Run Elementary School Dublin | 476 | 24.8% | 76.0% |
| Mayfield Center Elementary School Mayfield | 468 | 28.0% | 85.2% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Hilltop Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #86 of 673 | #12 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #241 of 1,569 ▼ 126 | #24 of 172 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #189 of 1,569 ▼ 95 | #19 of 172 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.1pp | #118 of 1,514 | #11 of 167 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #1,278 of 1,808 | #116 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #33 of 1,582 | #2 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #30 of 1,590 | #6 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.7% | #619 of 767 | #29 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #518 of 561 | #59 of 64 |
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
300
+23 (+8%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 298
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 300 | 25.3 | 11.9:1 | 22% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 22.3 | 14.4:1 | 22% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 328 | 25.1 | 13.1:1 | 9% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 277 | 23 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 296 | 24.9 | 11.9:1 | 8% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 9% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 294 | 25 | 11.8:1 | 12% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 339 | 35 | 9.7:1 | 4% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 298 | 26 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hilltop Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (296 to 300); teachers up 2% (24.9 to 25.3).
About Hilltop Elementary School
Hilltop Elementary School is a small elementary school with an address in Beachwood, Ohio. It enrolls 300 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 3 through 5. It has 26% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Ohio (about 404).
Hilltop Elementary School is a school in Beachwood City. The district has 5 schools and 1,583 students.
Of every 100 students at Hilltop Elementary School, about 37 are White, the largest group. Other students are 28% Asian, 22% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. That is lower than the 58% White share among all Cuyahoga County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
Teacher count: 25.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Ohio, 17.9:1, is higher. Roughly 22% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Hilltop Elementary School is 6.8 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 87.4% actual, 80.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
The school is in Cuyahoga County, where the median household earns about $64,468 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Cuyahoga County, 352 public schools serve about 155,924 students.
Measured in a straight line, Fairmount Early Childhood Center is about 0.7 miles from Hilltop Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Hilltop Elementary School is ahead of the 76.5% nearby average, ranking 1st of 4.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school's student count rose 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
The allk12 page for Hilltop Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Beachwood City
- Beachwood High SchoolHigh · 620 students
- Beachwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 327 students
- Bryden Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Fairmount Early Childhood CenterElementary · 76 students
Other schools in Beachwood
- Beachwood High SchoolHigh · 620 students
- Beachwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 327 students
- Bryden Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Fairmount Early Childhood CenterElementary · 76 students
Other Hilltop Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 11 states are named Hilltop Elementary. Hilltop Elementary School is the 12th largest of the 18.
- Hilltop Elementary SchoolCanfield, OH · 476 students
- Hilltop Elementary SchoolWest Unity, OH · 294 students
- Hilltop Elementary SchoolWyoming, OH · 275 students
- Hilltop Elementary SchoolARGYLE, TX · 788 students
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARYINVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN · 626 students
Nearby schools
- Fairmount Early Childhood Center0.7 mi · 76
- Beachwood High School0.9 mi · 620
- Gearity Professional Development School1.1 mi · 390
- Beachwood Middle School1.1 mi · 327
- Greenview School1.2 mi · 640
- Rowland Elementary School1.4 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Hilltop Elementary SchoolHow large is Hilltop Elementary School?
Hilltop Elementary School enrolls approximately 300 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Hilltop Elementary School serve?
Hilltop Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hilltop Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hilltop Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hilltop Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hilltop Elementary School are roughly 37% White, 6% Hispanic, 22% Black, 28% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Hilltop Elementary School?
Hilltop Elementary School is overseen by Beachwood City in Cuyahoga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.