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Hillview Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 75 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 Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.1% | 79.1% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 69.7% |
| 2022-23 | 71.6% | 72.4% |
| 2021-22 | 68.1% | 63.5% |
Where Hillview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Licking County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #415 of 1,569 | #6 of 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #436 of 1,569 | #8 of 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.3pp | #213 of 1,514 | #1 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #802 of 1,808 | #17 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #917 of 1,582 | #20 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #839 of 1,590 | #14 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #551 of 992 | #13 of 20 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 407 | 22.5 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 25.3 | 18.8:1 | 66% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 24 | 19.6:1 | 53% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 24 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 23.8 | 19.3:1 | 60% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 59% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | 22 | 20.4:1 | 61% (273) |
About Hillview Elementary School
Hillview Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Newark, Ohio. The school enrolls 407 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Hillview Elementary School is one school in Newark City, a system of 14 schools with 5,805 students.
White students are the large majority at Hillview Elementary School, with 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Hillview Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
Its 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 18.1:1. Elementary schools in Ohio have a similar average ratio of 17.9:1.
Hillview Elementary School is located in Licking County, where median household income is about $84,426, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Hillview Elementary School is one of 63 public schools in Licking County, which together enroll about 29,815 students.
Of nearby public schools, Career and Technology Educational Centers is the closest, at about 1.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Hillview Elementary School had 399 students in 2020-21 and 407 in 2024-25, nearly the same. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.1:1) than in 2020-21 (16.6:1).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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