📍 2401 Us Highway 17 N, Wauchula, Hardee County, 33873
Hilltop Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wauchula, Hardee County. The school has 286 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hardee school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 77% are proficient in maths.
Hilltop Elementary School enrolls 286 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Hispanic or Latino, 21% White and 3.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 202 | 71% |
| White | 59 | 21% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 3.8% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 3 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
225 of the school's 286 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 210 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hilltop Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 56.
Hilltop Elementary School is one of 11 schools in HARDEE, based in WAUCHULA, Florida. The district serves 4,547 students district-wide and employs 287 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 286 students, Hilltop Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 413 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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