Hillcrest Academy-South
WESTFIELD · NJ · Union County Educational Services Commission · Public
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Westlake → Lamberts Mill Academy → Newmark High School → Honor Ridge Academy → Arthur L. Johnson High School → Mother Seton Regional High School → Union Catholic Regional High School → Union County Magnet High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 41% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Hillcrest Academy-South compares for families
What families should know about Hillcrest Academy-South.
- ▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Westlake, Lamberts Mill Academy, Newmark High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 41% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +5.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 87 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westlake Westfield |
Public | 0.0 | 32 | — |
| Lamberts Mill Academy WESTFIELD |
Public | 0.0 | 38 | — |
| Newmark High School Scotch Plains |
Private | 0.7 | 68 | -5.6% |
| Honor Ridge Academy Clark |
Private | 0.8 | 75 | -10.7% |
| Arthur L. Johnson High School CLARK |
Public | 0.8 | 785 | +11.5% |
| Mother Seton Regional High School Clark |
Private | 1.3 | 194 | -16.7% |
| Union Catholic Regional High School Scotch Plains |
Private | 1.6 | 588 | -27.0% |
| Union County Magnet High School SCOTCH PLAINS |
Public | 1.7 | 297 | -3.6% |