Hillcrest El Sch

Set in Holland, Pennsylvania, Hillcrest El Sch is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, overseen by Council Rock SD. It educates 478 students across grades K through 6.

Across the 14 schools in Council Rock SD (10,391 students total), Hillcrest El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Hillcrest El Sch reports that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 8% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hillcrest El Sch has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bucks County (around 40%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Hillcrest El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.0%.

Across the wider county, Bucks County reports that median household earnings sit near $114,764, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bucks County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students), of which Hillcrest El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Holland MS, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hillcrest El Sch. On composite proficiency, Hillcrest El Sch comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 66.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Hillcrest El Sch's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 534 (now 478). Over the same period, the White share fell from 87% to 83%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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