📍 1051 State Road 60 e, Lake Wales, Polk County, 33853
Hillcrest Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lake Wales, Polk County. The school has 662 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Rebecca Thomas. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. It operates as a public charter school. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 59% are proficient in maths.
Hillcrest Elementary School enrolls 662 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 44 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 20% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 317 | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 174 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 130 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
392 of the school's 662 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 358 qualify for free lunch and 34 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 Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. 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 42.
Hillcrest Elementary School is one of 164 schools in POLK, based in BARTOW, Florida. The district serves 111,372 students district-wide and employs 5,972 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 662 students, Hillcrest Elementary School is close to the district average of about 679 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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