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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Hilltop Elementary School, Wauchula, FL

CEP schoolHilltop Elementary School is a public elementary school in Wauchula, part of Hardee County Public Schools. It enrolled 298 students in 2024-25, with 15.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "HILLTOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
298
Teachers (FTE)
19.0
Students per teacher
15.7
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.5 lower than the district figure of 17.2. The Florida average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.7
District17.2
Florida18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
2401 US Highway 17 N, Wauchula, FL 33873
Phone
(863)773-2750
District
Hardee County Public Schools
County
Hardee County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
120075004853
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
207
Reduced-price lunch
22
Free or reduced-price lunch
22976.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
207Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Hardee County Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.