Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN ANTONIO ISD·NCES 483873004361
Hillcrest Elementary School
211 W MALONE AVE, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78214 · (210) 228-3340 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
373 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 83 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 63% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +46.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 46 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 29.0% | 16.0% | 32.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 46.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 16.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 6.0% | 6.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Elementary School
Hillcrest Elementary School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Elementary School this school | 400 | 93.3% | 34.5% |
| Sunrise Mountain Elementary School EL PASO | 397 | 93.2% | 41.5% |
| John Doedyns Elementary School SAN JUAN | 391 | 93.9% | 40.2% |
| Sam Rosen Elementary School FORT WORTH | 407 | 95.1% | 24.6% |
| Springdale Elementary School FORT WORTH | 393 | 94.1% | 31.6% |
| C E Vail Elementary School LA FERIA | 376 | 94.1% | 59.0% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #3,212 of 4,401 | #169 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,609 of 4,466 ▲ 438 | #77 of 317 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,062 of 4,466 ▼ 107 | #178 of 317 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #542 of 3,998 | #42 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #3,484 of 4,938 | #246 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,204 of 4,622 | #99 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.8% | #4,239 of 4,628 | #295 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #707 of 4,789 | #56 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #720 of 2,838 | #65 of 192 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
400
+34 (+9%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 400 | 29.4 | 13.6:1 | 93% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 24.7 | 14.3:1 | 94% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 25.9 | 13.7:1 | 93% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 95% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 96% (519) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 93% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 32 | 17.7:1 | 38% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 529 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 32% (168) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | 32 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (538 to 400); teachers down 16% (35 to 29.4).
About Hillcrest Elementary School
Hillcrest Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, under SAN ANTONIO ISD. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 400 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 23% smaller than that.
Hillcrest Elementary School is in SAN ANTONIO ISD, a district with 47,623 students across 100 schools.
About 97% of the student body at Hillcrest Elementary School is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 3% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bexar County's population at about 60%. The school's diversity index is 7%, meaning two students picked at random have a 7% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.6 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 93%. The average for public schools in Bexar County is 63%.
Hillcrest Elementary School scores 34.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 33.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Bexar County show that the median household income is $72,341, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 638 public schools in Bexar County, enrolling about 368,487 students in all.
The closest other public school is Burbank High School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Hillcrest Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
The school enrolled 400 students in 2024-25, 34 more than the 366 it had in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO ISD
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,706 students
- Lanier High SchoolHigh · 1,620 students
- Brackenridge High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Highlands High SchoolHigh · 1,478 students
- Burbank High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 3,362 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
Other Hillcrest Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 24 states are named Hillcrest Elementary. Hillcrest Elementary School is the 21st largest of the 42.
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolNEDERLAND, TX · 717 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 376 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolLake Stevens, WA · 842 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolEnterprise, AL · 753 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 678 students
Nearby schools
- Burbank High School0.5 mi · 1,405
- Knox Early Childhood Campus0.5 mi · 147
- Por Vida Academy Charter High School0.9 mi · 104
- Harris Middle School0.9 mi · 719
- Juvenile Detent Center1.0 mi · 118
- Collins Garden Elementary School1.1 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hillcrest Elementary School?
Hillcrest Elementary School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hillcrest Elementary School serve?
Hillcrest Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Hillcrest Elementary School have?
Hillcrest Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
How diverse is Hillcrest Elementary School?
Hillcrest Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Is Hillcrest Elementary School public or private?
Hillcrest Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SAN ANTONIO ISD.
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