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Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMPBELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560147000067
Hillcrest Elementary
1500 South Butler Spaeth Road, Gillette, WY 82716 · (307) 682-7291 · Campbell County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 Wyoming public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
272 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 47%
Community
1
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 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 24% larger than its 6th grade class (49).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 41% · 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
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.1%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
53.7%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wyoming schools, those numbers are about 56 and 51.
Source: WY-TOPP. 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
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Wyoming 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 Wyoming'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 Hillcrest Elementary
Hillcrest Elementary's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Elementary this school | 370 | 73.5% | 47.2% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Casper | 433 | 71.4% | 45.0% |
| Alta Vista Elementary Cheyenne | 227 | 67.8% | 56.7% |
| Rossman Elementary Cheyenne | 305 | 67.5% | 25.6% |
| Arp Elementary Cheyenne | 332 | 67.8% | 30.3% |
| Meadowlark Elementary Gillette | 239 | 70.7% | N/A |
Matched among Wyoming 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 Hillcrest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Campbell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #92 of 116 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #79 of 121 | #6 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #97 of 121 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #18 of 187 | #5 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #44 of 109 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #10 of 109 | #1 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #4 of 139 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #48 of 89 | #8 of 12 |
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
370
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 370 | 33.6 | 11.0:1 | 74% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 33.5 | 11.1:1 | 64% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 32.5 | 12.8:1 | 64% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 33 | 11.4:1 | 59% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 32.9 | 12.9:1 | 65% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 58% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | N/A | N/A | 60% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 315 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 76% (238) |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 26 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (425 to 370); teachers up 2% (32.9 to 33.6).
About Hillcrest Elementary
Hillcrest Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Gillette, Wyoming. Total enrollment is 370 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in Wyoming have about 216 students on average; enrollment here is 71% higher.
Hillcrest Elementary is a school in Campbell County School District #1. The district has 23 schools and 8,459 students.
Of every 100 students at Hillcrest Elementary, about 56 are White. It is also 35% Hispanic, 5% Native American, and 2% multiracial. Campbell County's residents are about 86% White, 29 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hillcrest Elementary scores 56%.
Hillcrest Elementary has 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. That is in line with the 10.6:1 average for elementary schools in Wyoming. At Hillcrest Elementary, 74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 32 points above the 42% average for public schools in Campbell County.
Among Wyoming public elementary schools, Hillcrest Elementary outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Hillcrest Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (47.2%) and its predicted rate (38.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Wyoming schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Campbell County show that the median household earns about $89,869 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's public schools total 25, with about 8,459 students.
Campbell County High School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Hillcrest Elementary is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Town: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment went from 376 in 2020-21 to 370 in 2024-25, a change of 6 students.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Hillcrest Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Campbell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,240
Census ACS
Median income
$89,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
8,459 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Campbell County School District #1
- Campbell County High SchoolHigh · 1,212 students
- Thunder Basin High SchoolHigh · 1,206 students
- Twin Spruce Junior High SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Sage Valley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 589 students
- Stocktrail ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Buffalo Ridge ElementaryElementary · 413 students
Other schools in Gillette
- Campbell County High SchoolHigh · 1,212 students
- Thunder Basin High SchoolHigh · 1,206 students
- Twin Spruce Junior High SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Sage Valley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 589 students
- Stocktrail ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Buffalo Ridge ElementaryElementary · 413 students
Other Hillcrest Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 24 states are named Hillcrest Elementary. Hillcrest Elementary is the 28th largest of the 42.
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolLake Stevens, WA · 842 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolEnterprise, AL · 753 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolNEDERLAND, TX · 717 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 678 students
- HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WALES, FL · 667 students
Nearby schools
- Campbell County High School0.3 mi · 1,212
- Meadowlark Elementary0.7 mi · 239
- Twin Spruce Junior High School1.2 mi · 667
- Sunflower Elementary1.4 mi · 311
- Lakeview Elementary1.4 mi · 378
- Westwood High School1.7 mi · 150
Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hillcrest Elementary?
Hillcrest Elementary enrolls approximately 370 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Hillcrest Elementary serve?
Hillcrest Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Hillcrest Elementary?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at Hillcrest Elementary.
How diverse is Hillcrest Elementary?
Hillcrest Elementary reports a student body of 56% White, 35% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Hillcrest Elementary?
Hillcrest Elementary is overseen by Campbell County School District #1 in Campbell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.