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Hillcrest School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

500 Franklin Blvd

Somerset NJ, 08873, Somerset County

Phone: 732-246-0170

Ranking:

(1,414 out of 1,847, bottom 23%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Franklin Township School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	41		37		36		37		39		41		28
Total Students:	422		450		466		499		493		476		422
Prekindergarten:	30	7.1%	26	5.8%	25	5.4%	43	8.6%	43	8.7%	53	11.1%	45	10.7%
Kindergarten:	79	18.7%	84	18.7%	81	17.4%	79	15.8%	95	19.3%	86	18.1%	76	18.0%
Grade 1:	76	18.0%	80	17.8%	73	15.7%	92	18.4%	94	19.1%	73	15.3%	70	16.6%
Grade 2:	69	16.4%	67	14.9%	88	18.9%	92	18.4%	70	14.2%	77	16.2%	82	19.4%
Grade 3:	70	16.6%	75	16.7%	95	20.4%	71	14.2%	82	16.6%	87	18.3%	65	15.4%
Grade 4:	68	16.1%	87	19.3%	74	15.9%	83	16.6%	75	15.2%	67	14.1%	71	16.8%
Ungraded:	30	7.1%	31	6.9%	30	6.4%	39	7.8%	34	6.9%	33	6.9%	13	3.1%
Student By Gender:
Male:	217	51.4%	250	55.6%	253	54.3%	268	53.7%	270	54.8%	284	59.7%	234	55.5%
Female:	205	48.6%	200	44.4%	213	45.7%	231	46.3%	223	45.2%	192	40.3%	184	43.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.7%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%
Asian:	87	20.6%	90	20.0%	105	22.5%	100	20.0%	101	20.5%	109	22.9%	105	24.9%
Hispanic:	142	33.6%	136	30.2%	144	30.9%	162	32.5%	157	31.8%	121	25.4%	86	20.4%
Black:	119	28.2%	140	31.1%	133	28.5%	147	29.5%	151	30.6%	160	33.6%	166	39.3%
White:	56	13.3%	65	14.4%	67	14.4%	78	15.6%	76	15.4%	83	17.4%	64	15.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	3.3%	15	3.3%	13	2.8%	9	1.8%	4	0.8%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	183	43.4%	183	40.7%	175	37.6%	185	37.1%	165	33.5%	110	23.1%	84	19.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	24	5.7%	31	6.9%	17	3.6%	34	6.8%	37	7.5%	44	9.2%	31	7.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.34		12.23		12.81		13.49		12.64		10.00		15.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2004	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	77.6%	76.0%	79.4%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	85.1%	75.8%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	86.6%	80.2%	82.4%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	80.2%	81.4%	83.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	95.5%	84.9%	86.1%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	56.0%	55.1%	62.9%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	45.8%	45.0%	59.8%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	48.6%	56.1%	63.0%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	52.2%	55.5%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	44.2%	56.7%	66.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	82.5%	74.2%	76.6%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	87.2%	80.0%	82.5%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	87.1%	86.7%	86.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	86.1%	89.4%	87.3%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	89.4%	86.3%	86.8%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	71.5%	71.7%	75.4%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	70.3%	68.7%	78.3%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	69.8%	77.4%	78.9%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	63.3%	72.3%	78.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	63.2%	72.1%	77.7%
2003	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	79.4%	75.4%	77.6%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	78.4%	79.4%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	78.3%	77.1%	81.6%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	72.3%	76.7%	80.0%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	84.5%	77.6%	80.6%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	82.6%	77.7%	82.7%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	54.3%	57.0%	63.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	41.1%	52.1%	59.7%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	46.5%	53.6%	62.7%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	46.5%	53.2%	58.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	37.1%	50.0%	59.4%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	66.3%	60.8%	68.0%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	63.1%	64.5%	72.1%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	77.4%	75.4%	80.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	65.7%	78.1%	82.3%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	79.7%	83.0%	84.7%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	82.4%	80.1%	84.9%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	69.1%	66.1%	73.1%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	69.9%	75.7%	77.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	70.6%	73.5%	79.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	80.3%	72.9%	77.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	62.9%	71.9%	78.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	76.5%	78.7%	81.1%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	68.2%	78.9%	82.3%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	73.3%	82.5%	83.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	80.0%	81.7%	85.1%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	91.6%	92.1%	91.1%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	97.3%	95.3%	93.5%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	81.2%	88.0%	90.0%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	85.9%	90.9%	91.3%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	79.8%	88.3%	89.5%

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* Hillcrest School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.