Hillview El Sch

Set in Grove City, Pennsylvania, Hillview El Sch is a high-enrollment elementary-level community, operated by Grove City Area SD. It works with 768 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Hillview El Sch sits 73% bigger than that benchmark.

Hillview El Sch is one of 3 schools operated by Grove City Area SD, a district that hosts 1,859 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Hillview El Sch records that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Mercer County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Hillview El Sch shows 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Mercer County's rate of about 71%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hillview El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.9%, the actual is 65.6%, a residual of +6.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Mercer County indicate median household income runs about $59,976, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Mercer County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,815 students), Hillview El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Grove City Area MS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Hillview El Sch. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hillview El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 58.2%.

Hillview El Sch operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 32%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 768 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Hillview El Sch community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.