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If you had an hour of school board time for Hillcrest El Sch, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
478
Elementary
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COUNCIL ROCK SD·NCES 420696007264
Hillcrest Elementary School
420 E Holland Rd, Holland, PA 18966 · (215) 944-1600 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
83 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 35 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 58% smaller than its 6th grade class (84).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 59% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.9pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.1% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 72.3% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
74.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 Hillcrest Elementary School
Hillcrest Elementary School's state test result (74.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Elementary School this school | 478 | 17.4% | 74.0% |
| Maureen M Welch Elementary School Churchville | 521 | 18.4% | 63.0% |
| Holland Elementary School Holland | 425 | 15.1% | 70.3% |
| Indian Lane Elementary School Media | 470 | 19.6% | 78.8% |
| Pine Run Elementary School New Britain | 480 | 13.5% | 77.8% |
| Salford Hills Elementary School Harleysville | 449 | 16.0% | 78.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Hillcrest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #217 of 1,396 | #20 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #152 of 1,511 ▲ 50 | #8 of 72 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #304 of 1,511 ▼ 69 | #28 of 72 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #596 of 1,638 | #36 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,071 of 1,528 | #55 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.0% | #980 of 1,531 | #60 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.4% | #1,477 of 1,600 | #48 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #626 of 1,045 | #27 of 50 |
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
478
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 691
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 478 | 34.1 | 14.0:1 | 17% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 34.1 | 14.4:1 | 17% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 35.1 | 14.0:1 | 12% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 12% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 32.8 | 16.3:1 | 9% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 31 | 16.7:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 38 | 16.0:1 | 3% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 691 | 35 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (534 to 478); teachers up 4% (32.8 to 34.1).
About Hillcrest Elementary School
Hillcrest Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Holland, Pennsylvania. Enrollment is 478 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 6.
Hillcrest Elementary School is part of a district of 14 schools: Council Rock SD, with 10,391 students.
At Hillcrest Elementary School, White students make up 83% of the student body. The school is also 8% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. That is close to the 81% White share among all Bucks County residents. Hillcrest Elementary School has a diversity index of 30%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 14.0:1 comes from the school's 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 17% in 2024-25. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in Bucks County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Hillcrest Elementary School is B+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Hillcrest Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 74.0% and a predicted 70.2%.
In the county around the school, Bucks County, median household income is about $114,764, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Hillcrest Elementary School is among the 123 public schools in Bucks County.
The nearest public school is Holland Middle School, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Hillcrest Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Hillcrest Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 478, starting from 467.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Council Rock SD
- Council Rock HS SouthHigh · 1,921 students
- Council Rock HS NorthHigh · 1,674 students
- Holland Middle SchoolMiddle · 960 students
- Newtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Goodnoe Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Sol Feinstone Elementary SchoolElementary · 644 students
Other schools in Holland
- Council Rock HS SouthHigh · 1,921 students
- Holland Middle SchoolMiddle · 960 students
- Holland Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Rolling Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Other Hillcrest Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 24 states are named Hillcrest Elementary. Hillcrest Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 42.
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolDrexel Hill, PA · 551 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolLake Stevens, WA · 842 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolEnterprise, AL · 753 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolNEDERLAND, TX · 717 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 678 students
Nearby schools
- Holland Middle School0.1 mi · 960
- Rolling Hills Elementary School0.9 mi · 376
- Holland Elementary School1.1 mi · 425
- Council Rock HS South1.4 mi · 1,921
- Richboro Elementary School2.2 mi · 377
- Newtown Middle School2.5 mi · 833
Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hillcrest Elementary School?
Hillcrest Elementary School enrolls approximately 478 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Hillcrest Elementary School serve?
Hillcrest Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Hillcrest Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Hillcrest Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hillcrest Elementary School?
At Hillcrest Elementary School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Hillcrest Elementary School?
Hillcrest Elementary School is overseen by Council Rock SD in Bucks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.