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Hillcrest School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 15% |
School pathway
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.3% | 45.2% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 38.7% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Utah 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 Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
Where Hillcrest School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Cache County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #256 of 562 | #21 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #287 of 578 | #24 of 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #214 of 578 | #19 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #285 of 613 | #12 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #217 of 556 | #9 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #192 of 559 | #7 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #252 of 582 | #13 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.8% | #53 of 128 | #8 of 16 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 521 | 25.5 | 20.4:1 | 35% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 24.5 | 20.4:1 | 45% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 24.5 | 20.2:1 | 44% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | N/A | N/A | 39% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | N/A | N/A | 47% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | N/A | N/A | 51% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 16 | 28.8:1 | 47% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 448 | 22 | 20.4:1 | 34% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 507 | 22 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
About Hillcrest School
In LOGAN, Utah, part of Cache County, Hillcrest School is an elementary school. The school's 521 students are in kindergarten through 5.
Hillcrest School is one school in a 10-school district, Logan City District, which enrolls 5,328 students.
Hillcrest School's enrollment is 62% White. Other groups include 33% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Cache County residents are about 84% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Hillcrest School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
Dividing enrollment by its 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 20.4:1. Among elementary schools in Utah, the typical ratio is 21.8:1. Eligible students account for 35% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Hillcrest School is 6.5 points above its prediction. Actual: 49.1%. Predicted: 42.6%.
Cache County has about 140,046 residents, and median household income is about $81,665, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 44 public schools in Cache County, with a combined enrollment of about 28,291.
Edith Bowen Laboratory School is located about 0.6 miles from Hillcrest School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 49.1% is below the 51.7% average for nearby schools.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 419 in 2020-21 and 521 in 2024-25, a 24% gain.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cache County at a glance
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