HILLCREST EL

HILLCREST EL is one of the close-knit elementary schools in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, one of the schools within SAN ANTONIO ISD, with 400 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

SAN ANTONIO ISD comprises 100 schools with combined enrollment of 47,623 students; HILLCREST EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, HILLCREST EL reports that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 3% White. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, HILLCREST EL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HILLCREST EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bexar County put the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), HILLCREST EL is one campus in the mix.

BURBANK H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HILLCREST EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HILLCREST EL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 26.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. HILLCREST EL's enrollment has decreased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 538 (now 400). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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