Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHIPPEWA FALLS AREA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550255000285
Hillcrest Elementary
1200 Miles St, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729 · (715) 726-2405 · Chippewa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
133 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 42%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
48.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.3% | 48.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.3% | 51.7% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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
Hillcrest Elementary's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Elementary this school | 344 | 38.7% | 48.9% |
| Birnamwood Elementary Birnamwood | 359 | 37.6% | 58.3% |
| Pardeeville Elementary Pardeeville | 331 | 39.6% | 58.0% |
| Lien Elementary Amery | 299 | 40.8% | 78.8% |
| West Elementary Milton | 322 | 35.1% | 58.2% |
| Melrose-Mindoro Elementary Melrose | 399 | 37.8% | 58.0% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Chippewa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #637 of 982 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #616 of 992 ▼ 16 | #10 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #629 of 992 ▼ 82 | #8 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #471 of 1,157 | #6 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #544 of 901 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.9% | #737 of 901 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.7% | #599 of 1,064 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #264 of 664 | #4 of 9 |
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
344
-34 (-9%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 344 | 25 | 13.8:1 | 39% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 24.5 | 14.2:1 | 37% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 24.5 | 15.3:1 | 37% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 25 | 15.1:1 | 34% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 418 | 24.8 | 16.9:1 | 30% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 24 | 18.5:1 | 34% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 23 | 18.4:1 | 29% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 353 | 19 | 18.6:1 | 22% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 357 | 18 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (418 to 344); teachers up 1% (24.8 to 25).
About Hillcrest Elementary
Hillcrest Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 344 students.
The 9 schools in Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District enroll 4,574 students altogether, Hillcrest Elementary among them.
About 89% of the student body at Hillcrest Elementary is White. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.8:1, with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Hillcrest Elementary is 39%. For comparison, public schools in Chippewa County average 38%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Hillcrest Elementary would score about 53.9%. It scores 48.9%, 5.0 points below that figure.
In the county around the school, Chippewa County, the median household income is $74,680, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 28 public schools in Chippewa County, enrolling about 8,353 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Chippewa Falls High is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. Hillcrest Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 58.9% proficiency; Hillcrest Elementary posts 48.9%.
Federal data place Hillcrest Elementary in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Hillcrest Elementary declined 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 378 to 344 students. The ratio was 15.1:1 in 2020-21 and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Hillcrest Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Chippewa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,799
Census ACS
Median income
$74,680
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,353 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District
- Chippewa Falls HighHigh · 1,451 students
- Chippewa Falls MiddleMiddle · 999 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 377 students
- Halmstad ElementaryElementary · 355 students
- Stillson ElementaryElementary · 338 students
- Korger-ChestnutElementary · 307 students
Other schools in Chippewa Falls
- Chippewa Falls HighHigh · 1,451 students
- Chippewa Falls MiddleMiddle · 999 students
- Parkview ElementaryElementary · 377 students
- Halmstad ElementaryElementary · 355 students
- Stillson ElementaryElementary · 338 students
- Korger-ChestnutElementary · 307 students
Other Hillcrest Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 24 states are named Hillcrest Elementary. Hillcrest Elementary is the 31st largest of the 42.
- Hillcrest ElementaryOneida, WI · 434 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryWaukesha, WI · 239 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolLake Stevens, WA · 842 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolEnterprise, AL · 753 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolNEDERLAND, TX · 717 students
Nearby schools
- Chippewa Falls High0.1 mi · 1,451
- Chippewa Falls Middle0.6 mi · 999
- Korger-Chestnut0.7 mi · 307
- Parkview Elementary1.3 mi · 377
- Southview Elementary1.6 mi · 286
- Halmstad Elementary2.0 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hillcrest Elementary?
Hillcrest Elementary enrolls approximately 344 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Hillcrest Elementary serve?
Hillcrest Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hillcrest Elementary?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Hillcrest Elementary.
How diverse is Hillcrest Elementary?
Hillcrest Elementary reports a student body of 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Hillcrest Elementary?
Hillcrest Elementary is overseen by Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District in Chippewa County.
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