HILLCREST HIGH
SPRINGFIELD · MO · SPRINGFIELD R-XII · Public
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Dayspring Christian School → JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR. → CENTRAL HIGH → GRAFF CAREER CENTER → GREENE VALLEY SCHOOL → MOCAP Attendance Center → MOCA-S → Greenwood Laboratory School →📋 At a glance
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 21 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 62th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How HILLCREST HIGH compares for families
What families should know about HILLCREST HIGH.
- ▸ LocallyMO sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Dayspring Christian School, JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR., CENTRAL HIGH and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 33% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2162th percentile 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
60th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +4.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,065 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $15,852 per student in district revenue, the 228 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $3,614,256/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dayspring Christian School Springfield |
Private | 2.0 | 191 | +101.1% |
| JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR. SPRINGFIELD |
Public | 2.6 | — | — |
| CENTRAL HIGH SPRINGFIELD |
Public | 2.8 | 1,300 | -5.2% |
| GRAFF CAREER CENTER SPRINGFIELD |
Public | 3.0 | — | — |
| GREENE VALLEY SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD |
Public | 3.2 | 21 | — |
| MOCAP Attendance Center SPRINGFIELD |
Public | 3.2 | 652 | +16.8% |
| MOCA-S SPRINGFIELD |
Public | 3.4 | 1,270 | +189.3% |
| Greenwood Laboratory School Springfield |
Private | 4.0 | 396 | +5.0% |