The problem with Hillcrest is the students itself. Not all the students; just the ones who don't care about anything but being popular. They don't take the time out to study they believe it's great to get a D as long as it's passing. The teachers there are doing their jobs; but they need support
... Read more from the kids not just the parents. The principal old and new did and is doing a very nice job. Some of the kids expect to be magically smart as they enter the school and don't take the time to learn. So I would like to clear something up about Hillcrest. Our scores are low, yes, but you need the students to raise those up. Not just honor students, all the students. So it's no one else's fault but the students. Read less
Posted by a student on 03/28/08
I am very disappointed in the school. The scores speak for themselves. The school has a new principal and hopefully this will renergize the students and the teachers. Unfortunately academics has been declining at the school and the students behavior has been horrible. The district has failed the
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Posted by a parent on 01/03/08
Hillcrest is what the student makes of it. I transferred my daughter in at the beginning of her Sophomore year from a Charter School in Chicago. She graduated in 2006 and received 2 full scholarships for two different Universities. She had some really great teachers and a very good counselor. I was
... Read more very active with her education and I was always received well by the administrators and faculty. There are always adversities in any school system. But parent involvement makes the different. Read less
Posted by a parent on 02/18/07
I attended Hillcrest, from 2000-2002. Freshmen year, I attended Homewood Christian Academy and the last two months of High School I completed at South Mountain High in Phoenix, Arizona. I must first openly admit that Hillcrest lacks diversity, the communities are comprised mostly of African-American
... Read more families. Hillcrest would really benefit from an army ROTC program that would teach the children discipline and respect. This is something that I saw offer at South Mt. High in Phoenix, students were even offered an aviation program. In my opinion, sports should be second to education, but as a student-athlete I felt a lack of emphasize placed on education. Looking at the school now, from and outside perspective I see the school growing and flourishing, but the development started with the football field receiving lights and to me that seems in retrospective backwards working from the outside and then to the inside of the building... Read less
Posted by a former student on 02/01/07
I have a child attending Hillcrest. I also have a child who graduated from Hillcrest,he is now a Junior in College. The best thing about Hillcrest is definitely the extracurricular activities. Parents do participate and support their children and the school. Parental involvement may not be high but
... Read more when a parent tries, it is discouraged. I also think it is time for a change in leadership. Read less
Posted by a parent on 12/20/06
It's a great school especially when it comes to academic studies. There is many organizations and teams to choose from. The teachers are great when dealing one on one with a student they listen and try to help.
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Posted by a former student on 02/09/06
The academics are what is the worst about Hillcres next to the unstable safety. But when it comes to the extracurricular activities, students are involved. That is the most positive thing about hillcrest. Parents rarely get involved
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Posted by a student on 01/31/06
I am also a former student of Hillcrest High School. I graduated in 2002. I was in the 'guinea pig' class. That's what a few of the student called our curriculum because they were implementing new courses on only us every year. So every year we had courses no one had ever taken before. I think we had
... Read more the record for fewest graduates also. Anyway, what people are blind to is that Country Club Hills isn't Pleasantville anymore and it hasn't been for a while. These students are emerging from all kinds of turmoil everyday just to walk through those doors. My experiences with the counselor's weren't good. In those years it was college, if not that you're a loser. We don't have money for college on hand like that. I think whoever is in charge needs to stepback and observe their enviroment and then cater to the stuudents, not vice versa. Read less
Posted by a former student on 11/29/04
I am a graduate of Hillcrest, class of 97'. I think the principal should be changed. From the south suburbs if you look at the students and areas they come from are bad areas. Many of them undeveloped communities. My class and many of my peers went to very good colleges and graduated on TIME. I can give
... Read more a run down on many great college my peers went to aswell as others. The teachers care alot for the students at Hillcrest not all the advisors are very encouraging but what advisors are. I went to H-F before Hillcrest, and that school belittle me so much I found my way out of their.Until the parents help out more like other schools people will see a change. This go's back to the Jr. high schools aswell. So with this I say get off your behind and do something. Read less
Posted by a former student on 10/14/04
Hillcrest High School is not the best high School, nor is the worst in the South Suburbs. They have some really outstanding teachers & students, but all you ever hear about is the negative stuff. Of course we all know that they have an excellent sports program, but what you won't hear about is the
... Read more excellent Math, English & Science Departments they have. I do agree however, with another parent who provided feedback on the school that the Principal should be replaced. Read less
* In 2007-2008 Illinois used the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) to test students in grade 11 in reading, math and science. The PSAE is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Illinois. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.
Student enrollment:
1,261
Students per teacher:
14
Full-time teachers:
88
Number of classrooms:
45
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Cntry Clb Hls schools — Hillcrest High School is located at 17401 Pulaski Rd, Cntry Clb Hls IL 60478. 17401 Pulaski Rd is in the 60478 ZIP code in Cntry Clb Hls, IL The school district for Hillcrest High School is the Bremen Cmty High Sd 228. Hillcrest High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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