Hillcrest Elementary School
Public elementary school in San Antonio, Texas · San Antonio ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Hillcrest Elementary School serves 400 students in grades Pre-K–5 in San Antonio (Bexar County). It is one of 84 schools in San Antonio ISD. By enrollment it is the 3449th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 13.6 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 29.44 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | San Antonio ISD |
| County | Bexar County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 483873004361 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | San Antonio ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 400 | 44,047 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 13.6 | 15.1 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 93.3% | 87.2% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 27% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Hillcrest Elementary School in context
Size
Of the 48 elementary schools in San Antonio ISD, Hillcrest Elementary School is the 34th largest, with 0.9% of the district's students. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 564; Hillcrest Elementary School is smaller than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is pre-K with 83 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 46, against an average of 57 per grade. This year grade 5 has 26% more students than kindergarten (58 against 46). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 83 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 96.5% here and 89.8% across San Antonio ISD. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
93.3% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 87.2% across San Antonio ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 29.44 full-time-equivalent teachers for 400 students, Hillcrest Elementary School has 13.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 400 students would have about 27 teachers, so Hillcrest Elementary School has 2.4 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Hillcrest Elementary School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other elementary school is Collins Garden Elementary School, 1.1 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 154 other elementary schools, 68 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 96.5% |
| White | 2.8% |
| Black | 0.5% |
| Asian | 0.3% |
47.3% of students are girls and 52.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 83 |
| Kindergarten | 46 |
| Grade 1 | 50 |
| Grade 2 | 62 |
| Grade 3 | 51 |
| Grade 4 | 50 |
| Grade 5 | 58 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
211 W Malone Ave, San Antonio, TX 78214
Phone: (210)228-3340
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Hillcrest Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins Garden Elementary School | San Antonio ISD | 1.1 mi | 431 | 16.2 | 93% |
| Briscoe Elementary School | San Antonio ISD | 1.2 mi | 494 | 17.8 | 88.7% |
| V M Adams Elementary School | Harlandale ISD | 1.2 mi | 732 | 15.3 | 91.7% |
| Stonewall/Flanders Elementary School | Harlandale ISD | 1.3 mi | 691 | 16.2 | 90.7% |
| Green El at Riverside Park | San Antonio ISD | 1.4 mi | 368 | 12.8 | 94.3% |
| Charles Graebner Elementary School | San Antonio ISD | 1.4 mi | 651 | 14.8 | 93.7% |
| KIPP Esperanza Primary School | KIPP Texas Public Schools | 1.4 mi | 424 | 20.1 | 93.2% |
| E H Gilbert Elementary School | Harlandale ISD | 1.7 mi | 633 | 16.5 | 93.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.