Hillcrest High

Hillcrest High is a high school located in Simpsonville, South Carolina, in Greenville County. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 1,894 students. Average enrollment for high schools in South Carolina is about 953, so this school runs 99% larger than that.

Hillcrest High belongs to Greenville 01, a district of 89 schools and 78,776 students.

Roughly 50% of students at Hillcrest High are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 67%. Hillcrest High's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.

With 99 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Hillcrest High was 19.1:1. This ratio sits 3.7 above the 15.5:1 average for high schools in South Carolina.

In the county around the school, Greenville County, the median household income is $76,932, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 109 public schools in Greenville County, enrolling about 89,863 students in all.

Bryson Middle is located about 0.2 miles from Hillcrest High. The five-mile area around Hillcrest High holds at least 8 other public schools.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).

Enrollment is down 19% from 2020-21, when Hillcrest High had 2,336 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,894.

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