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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6

Hillcrest Elementary School, Elgin, IL

CEP schoolHillcrest Elementary School is a public elementary school in Elgin, part of SD U-46. It enrolled 509 students in 2024-25, with 17.0 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Hillcrest Elem School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
509
Teachers (FTE)
30.0
Students per teacher
17.0
Grades
PK to 6

This school's ratio is 2.6 higher than the district figure of 14.4. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.0
District14.4
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
80 N Airlite St, Elgin, IL 60123
Phone
(847)888-5282
District
SD U-46
County
Kane County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
171371001683
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 or reduced-price lunch
34668.0% of enrollment.
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 SD U-46

Elementary schools elsewhere in Elgin

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.