Hillcrest Primary School

Hillcrest Primary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Shawano, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Shawano School District, with 472 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 46% above the state mean of about 323.

Across the 5 schools in Shawano School District (2,079 students total), Hillcrest Primary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Hillcrest Primary School logs that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 20% Native American, 14% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. By comparison, Shawano County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Shawano County (around 47%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Shawano County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,479, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Hillcrest Primary School is one of 17 public schools in Shawano County (combined enrollment of about 4,832 students).

LEADS Primary Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Hillcrest Primary School.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hillcrest Primary School has climbed 31%, going from 360 students in 2018 to 472 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 8.5:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Hillcrest Primary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.