📍 3143 Se 17th St, Ocala, Marion County, 34471
Hillcrest is a Special Education serving high age pupils, located in Ocala, Marion County. The school has 160 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Marion school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.3:1. The four-year graduation rate is 69%.
Hillcrest enrolls 160 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 64% male and 36% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% White, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 19% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 85 | 53% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 38 | 24% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
78 of the school's 160 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 77 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hillcrest is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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-30, state senate district 8, state house district 23.
Hillcrest is one of 63 schools in MARION, based in OCALA, Florida. The district serves 46,352 students district-wide and employs 2,332 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 160 students, Hillcrest is smaller than the district average of about 736 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small