Hillcrest School

Hillcrest School is a 9-12 campus of one-room-style scale in Kenosha, Wisconsin, operated by Kenosha School District, works with 108 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 77% below the state mean of about 475.

Within Kenosha School District, which oversees 41 schools and 20,297 students, Hillcrest School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Hillcrest School shows that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Hispanic, 17% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Kenosha County as a whole is about 6% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kenosha County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, Kenosha County reports that median household income runs about $81,239, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kenosha County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,114 students), of which Hillcrest School is one.

Bullen Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Hillcrest School operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 14%: 95 students in 2018 compared to 108 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 21% to 17% across the same window.

On this page, members of the Hillcrest School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.