Hillcrest Elementary

Hillcrest Elementary operates as a modestly sized elementary school in Waukesha, Wisconsin, operated by Waukesha School District. Current enrollment sits at 239 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Hillcrest Elementary sits 26% below that benchmark.

Within Waukesha School District, which oversees 27 schools and 10,922 students, Hillcrest Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hillcrest Elementary logs that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 10% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Hillcrest Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Waukesha County's rate of about 17%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hillcrest Elementary sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 59.7%; actual is 73.4%, +13.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Waukesha County shows median household earnings sit near $106,076, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Waukesha County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), Hillcrest Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Horning Middle, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hillcrest Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 28%: 331 students in 2018 compared to 239 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 76% to 69% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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