Hillcrest Elementary School

Hillcrest Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school in North Bend, Oregon, operated by North Bend SD 13. The school serves 449 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% larger than the state mean of about 321.

Hillcrest Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by North Bend SD 13, a district that enrolls 2,762 students overall.

Demographically, Hillcrest Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Coos County runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hillcrest Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 30.9%; Hillcrest Elementary School posts 57.1%, +26.1 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Coos County put the typical household earns roughly $62,143 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hillcrest Elementary School is one of 28 public schools in Coos County (combined enrollment of about 8,218 students).

The closest other public school is North Bend Senior High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hillcrest Elementary School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 27.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 455 students in 2018 compared to 449 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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