Enrollment
251
Elementary
DISTRICT 200 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICE LAKE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551281001694
Hilltop Elementary
202 Cameron Rd, Rice Lake, WI 54868 · (715) 234-4998 · Barron County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
104 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 28% smaller than its 4th grade class (53).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Rice Lake Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +8.7pp since 2023
Math
62.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.3% | 62.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 58.2% |
% 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
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Hilltop Elementary
Hilltop Elementary's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop Elementary this school | 251 | 41.4% | 56.7% |
| Cormier School and Early Learning Center Green Bay | 275 | 41.8% | N/A |
| Washington School of Early Learning Neenah | 248 | 39.1% | N/A |
| Waller Elementary Burlington | 247 | 38.5% | 65.1% |
| Green Tree Elementary West Bend | 334 | 42.5% | 61.2% |
| Eagle Elementary Eagle | 234 | 40.2% | 52.4% |
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 Hilltop Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Barron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #487 of 982 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #357 of 992 ▲ 115 | #1 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #414 of 992 ▲ 221 | #2 of 9 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #776 of 1,157 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #99 of 901 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.1% | #452 of 901 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.4% | #550 of 1,064 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #605 of 664 | #7 of 7 |
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
251
-10 (-4%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 251 | 23.7 | 10.6:1 | 41% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 24.3 | 10.9:1 | 49% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 23.1 | 11.3:1 | 45% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 261 | 23 | 11.3:1 | 49% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 259 | 21.2 | 12.2:1 | 37% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 271 | 21 | 12.9:1 | 42% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 352 | 22 | 16.0:1 | 32% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 317 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 21% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 21 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hilltop Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (259 to 251); teachers up 12% (21.2 to 23.7).
About Hilltop Elementary
Hilltop Elementary sits in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, and is classified as an elementary school. The grade span is kindergarten through 4, and enrollment is 251 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Wisconsin) has about 323 students.
Rice Lake Area School District enrolls 2,096 students, and its 6 schools include Hilltop Elementary.
At Hilltop Elementary, White students make up 76% of the student body. After that, the student body is 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Barron County is about 92% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 23.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.6:1. This ratio sits 4.1 below the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Roughly 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Barron County average 41%.
The allk12 Grade for Hilltop Elementary is B-. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Hilltop Elementary is 4.5 points above its prediction. Actual: 56.7%. Predicted: 52.2%.
Federal survey data for Barron County show that the median household income is $65,933, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 36 public schools in Barron County, enrolling about 7,199 students in all.
The school nearest to Hilltop Elementary is Rice Lake Middle, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Hilltop Elementary is 3rd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 261 in 2020-21 to 251 in 2024-25.
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Barron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,797
Census ACS
Median income
$65,933
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
7,199 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rice Lake Area School District
- Rice Lake HighHigh · 674 students
- Rice Lake MiddleMiddle · 622 students
- Tainter ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Haugen ElementaryElementary · 83 students
- Hilltop Day Care and PreschoolElementary · 21 students
- Head StartCombined
Other schools in Rice Lake
- Rice Lake HighHigh · 674 students
- Rice Lake MiddleMiddle · 622 students
- Tainter ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Hilltop Day Care and PreschoolElementary · 21 students
- Head StartCombined
Other Hilltop Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 11 states are named Hilltop Elementary. Hilltop Elementary is the 17th largest of the 18.
- Hilltop Elementary SchoolARGYLE, TX · 788 students
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARYINVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN · 626 students
- Hilltop Elementary SchoolBonaire, GA · 590 students
- Hilltop ElementaryLYNNWOOD, WA · 562 students
- Hilltop Elementary SchoolAZLE, TX · 537 students
Nearby schools
- Rice Lake Middle0.1 mi · 622
- Hilltop Day Care and Preschool0.1 mi · 21
- Rice Lake High0.2 mi · 674
- Tainter Elementary1.9 mi · 445
- Cameron Elementary5.6 mi · 432
- Cameron Middle6.7 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Hilltop ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hilltop Elementary?
Hilltop Elementary enrolls approximately 251 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Hilltop Elementary serve?
Hilltop Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Hilltop Elementary?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Hilltop Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Hilltop Elementary?
Student demographics at Hilltop Elementary are roughly 76% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Hilltop Elementary in?
Hilltop Elementary is part of Rice Lake Area School District.
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