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Enrollment
755
Middle
DISTRICT 787 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWIN SD·NCES 421794000705
Hillcrest Intermediate School
11091 Mockingbird Drive, North Huntingdon, PA 15642 · (724) 861-3015 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL755 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
210 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 386 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 369 | 49% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Norwin SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
74.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
71.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.7% | 71.6% |
| 2023-24 | 78.6% | 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
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Intermediate School
Hillcrest Intermediate School's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Intermediate School this school | 755 | 27.8% | 74.3% |
| Norwin Middle School North Huntingdon | 819 | 27.7% | 72.2% |
| Northern Middle School Dillsburg | 757 | 29.1% | 48.9% |
| Wendover Middle School Greensburg | 626 | 31.6% | 58.1% |
| West Allegheny Middle School Imperial | 796 | 27.8% | 74.0% |
| Canon-McMillan Middle School Canonsburg | 836 | 25.8% | 64.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #22 of 479 | #1 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #11 of 513 no change | #1 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #44 of 513 ▼ 15 | #4 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 755 | #140 of 522 | #3 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #467 of 486 | #16 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.9% | #408 of 486 | #9 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #424 of 510 | #15 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #148 of 332 | #5 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
755
-39 (-5%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 797
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 755 | 44.2 | 17.1:1 | 28% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 766 | 44.8 | 17.1:1 | 27% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 807 | 46.1 | 17.5:1 | 30% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 794 | 44 | 18.1:1 | 25% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 855 | 46 | 18.6:1 | 25% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 44 | 17.7:1 | 26% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 797 | 48 | 16.6:1 | 17% (139) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (855 to 755); teachers down 4% (46 to 44.2).
About Hillcrest Intermediate School
Hillcrest Intermediate School is a public middle school run by Norwin SD in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Its 755 students are spread across grades 5 through 6. The school's enrollment is 27% above the 594 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Hillcrest Intermediate School belongs to Norwin SD, a district of 7 schools and 4,951 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hillcrest Intermediate School is 91% White. Other groups make up 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 17%, meaning two students picked at random have a 17% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Hillcrest Intermediate School was 17.1:1. On average, middle schools in Pennsylvania have 13.2:1, compared with 17.1:1 here. Hillcrest Intermediate School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 28%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Westmoreland County is 53%.
Hillcrest Intermediate School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 98% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Hillcrest Intermediate School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 65.7%. Hillcrest Intermediate School scores 74.3%, 8.6 points above that line.
Census estimates describe Westmoreland County this way: the median household income is $74,109, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Westmoreland County has 85 public schools and roughly 41,302 students.
Norwin Middle School is the public school closest to Hillcrest Intermediate School, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 72.9% on proficiency, and Hillcrest Intermediate School is above that at 74.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Hillcrest Intermediate School's enrollment dropped from 794 in 2020-21 to 755 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Hillcrest Intermediate School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Norwin SD
- Norwin High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Norwin Middle SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Sunset Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Stewartsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Hahntown Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
Other schools in North Huntingdon
- Norwin High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Norwin Middle SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Sunset Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Stewartsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Hahntown Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
Nearby schools
- Norwin Middle School0.2 mi · 819
- Norwin High School0.4 mi · 1,671
- Hahntown Elementary School0.5 mi · 419
- Sunset Valley Elementary School1.4 mi · 448
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary School1.7 mi · 417
- Stewartsville Elementary School2.5 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest Intermediate SchoolHow large is Hillcrest Intermediate School?
Hillcrest Intermediate School enrolls approximately 755 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Hillcrest Intermediate School serve?
Hillcrest Intermediate School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many teachers does Hillcrest Intermediate School have?
Hillcrest Intermediate School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hillcrest Intermediate School?
At Hillcrest Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hillcrest Intermediate School public or private?
Hillcrest Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Norwin SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.