HILLCREST ES

HILLCREST ES is one of the mid-tier primary schools in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, run under OKLAHOMA CITY, with 499 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Oklahoma's public schools average about 366 students each, so HILLCREST ES sits 36% bigger than that benchmark.

OKLAHOMA CITY comprises 58 schools with combined enrollment of 32,864 students; HILLCREST ES is among them.

Demographically, HILLCREST ES shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 8% White. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Oklahoma County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Oklahoma County) logs that median household income runs about $66,679, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Oklahoma County's 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), HILLCREST ES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SANTA FE SOUTH WEST MS, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. HILLCREST ES's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 588 (now 499). Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.