📍 201 Tennessee Street, Morganton, Burke County, 28655
Hillcrest Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Morganton, Burke County. The school has 284 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Burke County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hillcrest Elementary enrolls 284 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Hispanic or Latino, 14% White and 7.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 201 | 71% |
| White | 41 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 7.7% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 5.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
268 of the school's 284 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 254 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hillcrest Elementary 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 NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 46, state house district 86.
Hillcrest Elementary is one of 27 schools in Burke County Schools, based in Morganton, North Carolina. The district serves 11,667 students district-wide and employs 740 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 284 students, Hillcrest Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 432 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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