Hillandale Elementary

Summary:

Hillandale Elementary is a public elementary school in Durham, North Carolina, serving 537 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Durham Public Schools district, which is ranked 163 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hillandale Elementary has a diverse student population, with a higher percentage of African American (40.22%) and Hispanic (32.03%) students compared to the state average. However, the school consistently ranks in the bottom third of North Carolina elementary schools, with significantly lower academic performance than the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. The school's performance is particularly low for subgroups such as English Language Learners, Low Socioeconomic Status students, and Gifted and Talented students, ranking in the bottom 25% of North Carolina elementary schools for these groups. Interestingly, the school's performance for students with disabilities is relatively stronger, ranking in the top 50% of North Carolina elementary schools in this category.

Compared to nearby magnet schools like Morehead Montessori, Club Boulevard Elementary, Easley Elementary, and Sandy Ridge Elementary, which consistently rank in the top 25% of North Carolina elementary schools, Hillandale Elementary's academic performance is significantly lower. These magnet schools have higher percentages of White and higher-performing student subgroups, as well as lower percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. Despite these differences, Hillandale Elementary's spending per student and student-teacher ratio are comparable to the nearby schools, suggesting that funding and class size may not be the primary drivers of the school's underperformance.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 2730 Hillandale Road
       Durham, NC  27705-2076


(919) 560-3924

District: Durham Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
1356th of 1,505 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,529 Help


Students who attend Hillandale Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Brogden Middle
High:    Riverside High

Student/teacher ratio:  12.7 Help
Number of students:  537

Racial breakdown:

African American:
40.2%
Hispanic:
32.0%
White:
18.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  66.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Hillandale Elementary ranks worse than 90.1% of elementary schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 26th among 30 ranked elementary schools in the Durham Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.48. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Hillandale Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (40.2%), Hispanic (32%), White (18.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 66.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Hillandale Elementary is 12.7. 23 elementary schools in the Durham Public Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hillandale Elementary is $11,529. 23 elementary schools in the Durham Public Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Hillandale Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Hillandale Elementary 1356th of 1505 North Carolina public elementary schools. (See Hillandale Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Durham Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Durham Public Schools 163rd of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Hillandale Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Hillandale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 41.86 843rd 1276 33.9%
2007 37.10 938th 1293 27.5%
2008 54.95 634th 1324 52.1%
2009 52.26 741st 1354 45.3%
2010 66.28 485th 1363 64.4%
2011 51.13 777th 1381 43.7%
2012 47.22 810th 1388 41.6%
2013 40.50 836th 1403 40.4%
2014 46.22 762nd 1390 45.2%
2015 42.69 862nd 1440 40.1%
2016 39.93 925th 1425 35.1%
2017 35.01 1001st 1429 30.0%
2018 29.28 1084th 1434 24.4%
2019 25.45 1176th 1473 20.2%
2021 25.18 1101st 1489 26.1%
2022 24.02 1190th 1514 21.4%
2023 26.14 1153rd 1502 23.2%
2024 15.48 1356th 1505 9.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Hillandale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.72 374th 421 11.2%
2019 37.86 315th 497 36.6%
2022 28.45 390th 485 19.6%
2023 24.60 424th 514 17.5%
2024 15.07 523rd 533 1.9%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Hillandale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 26.85 657th 801 18.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Hillandale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.07 1082nd 1332 18.8%
2019 28.92 1074th 1361 21.1%
2021 31.01 945th 1329 28.9%
2022 23.69 1165th 1366 14.7%
2023 29.77 1092nd 1437 24.0%
2024 21.14 1282nd 1450 11.6%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Hillandale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.39 1150th 1405 18.1%
2019 24.53 1167th 1424 18.0%
2021 18.86 1217th 1440 15.5%
2022 21.66 1227th 1458 15.8%
2023 20.36 1249th 1459 14.4%
2024 13.34 1350th 1455 7.2%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Hillandale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.26 220th 897 75.5%
2019 66.62 182nd 878 79.3%
2022 35.67 390th 634 38.5%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Hillandale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.65 1st 69 98.6%
2019 33.78 568th 612 7.2%
2021 12.97 471st 494 4.7%
2022 23.71 472nd 500 5.6%
2023 37.29 522nd 582 10.3%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for Gifted and Talented Students!

Rank History for Male students at Hillandale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.42 1002nd 1413 29.1%
2019 28.82 1112th 1430 22.2%
2021 32.19 951st 1444 34.1%
2022 28.15 1094th 1464 25.3%
2023 35.93 984th 1461 32.6%
2024 21.47 1229th 1464 16.1%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for African American students at Hillandale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.02 527th 927 43.1%
2019 31.34 717th 949 24.4%
2021 47.73 387th 896 56.8%
2022 39.86 548th 927 40.9%
2023 42.05 533rd 933 42.9%
2024 36.13 633rd 924 31.5%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Hillandale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.32 624th 851 26.7%
2019 43.77 504th 865 41.7%
2021 19.05 763rd 843 9.5%
2022 22.45 787th 893 11.9%
2023 32.90 648th 915 29.2%
2024 21.76 841st 951 11.6%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Hillandale Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.42 675th 1178 42.7%
2019 54.50 540th 1183 54.4%
2021 55.37 499th 1172 57.4%
2022 50.99 601st 1194 49.7%
2023 61.95 432nd 1183 63.5%
2024 46.73 663rd 1166 43.1%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Hillandale Elementary Test Scores
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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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by a parent
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Open Quote This was a great school before the exodus of our families to charter and private schools. There are still great things happening at Hillandale, however as students and families try to escape other lower performing schools by enrolling their kids in Hillandale they have effectively bottomed out a once excellent school. The test results and population prove this progression towards failure. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Hillandale Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 572 153 8 11 0 n/a n/a 0 744
1989 572 157 12 6 1 n/a n/a 0 748
1990 471 160 13 5 0 n/a n/a 0 649
1991 490 166 12 0 1 n/a n/a 0 669
1992 518 180 12 1 0 n/a n/a 0 711
1993 512 207 13 3 2 n/a n/a 0 737
1994 519 192 15 6 0 n/a n/a 0 732
1995 408 287 17 11 3 n/a n/a 0 726
1996 408 287 17 11 3 n/a n/a 0 726
1997 432 282 17 8 3 n/a n/a 0 742
1998 401 258 26 11 4 n/a n/a 0 700
1999 396 301 18 13 3 n/a n/a 0 731
2000 397 297 13 23 1 n/a n/a 0 731
2001 411 302 11 25 0 n/a n/a 0 749
2002 329 345 7 44 0 n/a n/a 0 725
2003 329 345 7 44 0 n/a n/a 0 725
2004 299 349 8 50 0 n/a n/a 0 706
2005 274 366 9 70 0 n/a n/a 0 719
2006 258 370 18 97 0 n/a n/a 0 743
2007 230 291 34 109 2 n/a n/a 42 708
2008 214 248 31 102 2 n/a n/a 37 634
2009 220 279 37 102 1 n/a n/a 0 639
2010 207 272 29 111 2 n/a n/a 0 621
2011 221 231 23 126 3 4 26 0 634
2012 232 232 25 148 3 4 25 0 669
2013 215 237 20 142 4 3 21 0 642
2014 228 271 25 155 3 1 18 0 701
2015 203 261 26 172 3 1 18 0 684
2016 175 270 26 187 2 1 11 0 672
2017 153 263 21 213 2 0 16 0 668
2018 151 273 21 175 2 0 21 0 643
2019 122 273 15 175 3 0 22 0 610
2020 117 243 17 194 2 0 34 0 607
2021 113 225 15 184 0 1 24 0 562
2022 103 199 11 185 0 1 37 0 536
2023 100 216 13 172 2 1 33 0 537

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Hillandale Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 744 41.0 18.1 17.9
1989 748 46.0 16.2 19.9
1990 649 44.0 14.7 23.7
1991 669 45.0 14.8 23
1992 711 45.0 15.8 17.7
1993 737 44.0 16.8 20.5
1994 732 44.0 16.6 23.1
1995 726 48.0 15.1 29.5
1996 726 48.0 15.1 29.5
1997 742 51.0 14.5 30.3
1998 700 52.0 13.5 27.7
1999 731 52.0 14.1 32.8
2000 731 52.0 14.1 34.2
2001 749 52.0 14.4 30.8
2002 725 52.0 13.9 0
2003 725 52.0 13.9 0
2004 706 52.0 13.6 34.3
2005 719 52.0 13.8 34.5
2006 743 52.0 14.3 40.2
2007 708 n/a n/a 35
2008 634 43.0 14.7 49.2
2009 639 41.9 15.3 45.9
2010 621 40.0 15.5 51.9
2011 634 39.0 16.2 56.2
2012 669 42.2 15.8 55.5
2013 642 43.5 14.7 62.5
2014 701 44.1 15.8 58.6
2015 684 46.0 14.8 62.4
2016 672 46.0 14.6 65.3
2017 668 45.0 14.8 62.9
2018 643 45.0 14.2 61.1
2019 610 43.0 14.1 64.6
2020 607 45.8 13.2 55.4
2021 562 46.5 12.0 43.4
2022 536 47.0 11.4 49.1
2023 537 42.0 12.7 66.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Hillandale Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 744 41.0 18.1 17.9
1989 748 46.0 16.2 19.9
1990 649 44.0 14.7 23.7
1991 669 45.0 14.8 23
1992 711 45.0 15.8 17.7
1993 737 44.0 16.8 20.5
1994 732 44.0 16.6 23.1
1995 726 48.0 15.1 29.5
1996 726 48.0 15.1 29.5
1997 742 51.0 14.5 30.3
1998 700 52.0 13.5 27.7
1999 731 52.0 14.1 32.8
2000 731 52.0 14.1 34.2
2001 749 52.0 14.4 30.8
2002 725 52.0 13.9 0
2003 725 52.0 13.9 0
2004 706 52.0 13.6 34.3
2005 719 52.0 13.8 34.5
2006 743 52.0 14.3 40.2
2007 708 n/a n/a 35
2008 634 43.0 14.7 49.2
2009 639 41.9 15.3 45.9
2010 621 40.0 15.5 51.9
2011 634 39.0 16.2 56.2
2012 669 42.2 15.8 55.5
2013 642 43.5 14.7 62.5
2014 701 44.1 15.8 58.6
2015 684 46.0 14.8 62.4
2016 672 46.0 14.6 65.3
2017 668 45.0 14.8 62.9
2018 643 45.0 14.2 61.1
2019 610 43.0 14.1 64.6
2020 607 45.8 13.2 55.4
2021 562 46.5 12.0 43.4
2022 536 47.0 11.4 49.1
2023 537 42.0 12.7 66.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Hillandale Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,010 (8.8%) $10,519 (91.2%) $11,529

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Hillandale Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1176th of 1473 Elementary schoolsRanks 1153rd of 1502 Elementary schools
 3.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Hillandale Elementary)48.340.3
 8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Durham Public Schools)5256.5
 4.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)64.361.1
 3.2%
3rd Grade Reading (Hillandale Elementary)51.735.8
 15.9%
   3rd Grade Reading (Durham Public Schools)44.739.3
 5.4%
   3rd Grade Reading (North Carolina)56.848
 8.8%
4th Grade Mathematics (Hillandale Elementary)46.148.1
 2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Durham Public Schools)47.151.1
 4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
4th Grade Reading (Hillandale Elementary)42.251.9
 9.7%
   4th Grade Reading (Durham Public Schools)48.549.9
 1.4%
   4th Grade Reading (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Hillandale Elementary)45.131.2
 13.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Durham Public Schools)46.651.5
 4.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)60.255.9
 4.3%
5th Grade Reading (Hillandale Elementary)38.929
 9.9%
   5th Grade Reading (Durham Public Schools)44.643.1
 1.5%
   5th Grade Reading (North Carolina)54.648
 6.6%
5th Grade Science (Hillandale Elementary)61.153.8
 7.3%
   5th Grade Science (Durham Public Schools)68.865.9
 2.9%
   5th Grade Science (North Carolina)72.665.3
 7.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students610537
 12%
African American273216
 20.9%
American Indian32
 33.3%
Asian1513
 13.3%
Hispanic175172
 1.7%
Pacific Islander01
White122100
 18%
Two or More Races2233
 50%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients64.6%66.9%
 2.3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Hillandale Elementary

Students at Hillandale Elementary are 40% African American, 32% Hispanic, 19% White, 6% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Hillandale Elementary ranks in the bottom 9.9% of North Carolina elementary schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 537 students attended Hillandale Elementary.

Students who attend Hillandale Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Brogden Middle
High : Riverside High


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