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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
344
-74 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.9:1
% White
89%
was 94%
% Hispanic
6%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Hillcrest Elementary
As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Hillcrest Elementary serves 344 students from grades K through 5, part of Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District.
Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,574 students. Hillcrest Elementary is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Hillcrest Elementary reports that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest looks like 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Hillcrest Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hillcrest Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 48.9%, a residual of -5.0 points.
Around the school, census data for Chippewa County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,680 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Chippewa County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,353 students), Hillcrest Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Chippewa Falls High, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hillcrest Elementary. On composite proficiency, Hillcrest Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 58.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hillcrest Elementary has contracted 18%, going from 418 students in 2018 to 344 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 94% to 89%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.
On this page, members of the Hillcrest Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.