Hillside Elementary School

Hillside Elementary School

Public Elementary School | Grade K-5
585 Central Ave,  Needham, MA
Needham Public Schools
4.2
529 Students
A
Niche Grade

School Details

Head of School
Michael Kascak
Student Teacher Ratio
13:1
Math Proficiency
63%
Reading Proficiency
61%

Niche Grade

A
Academics
A
Teachers
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Niche Grade Details

Academics
Reading Proficiency
61%
Math Proficiency
63%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
13:1
Teachers
40
Full Time Teachers
40
Teachers in First or Second Year
3.1%

GreatSchools Rating

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GreatSchools Rating
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Test Scores

Math
13.4%
State Average
7.6%
Science
15.5%
State Average
6.4%
GreatSchools Test Scores Rating
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The Test Score Rating reflects annual state test results for this school compared with scores statewide.

Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
271:1

Student Diversity

Male
54.6%
Female
45.4%
White
69.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander
11.9%
Two or more races
7.4%
Hispanic
6.2%
Black
4.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
Native American
<1%
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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

GreatSchools Reviews
4.2 4 Reviews
3.0 parent
7/26/2024
This used to be a great school under the old principal who retired. Under the new principal, she cares nothing about knowledge teaching. The test score, ranking, greatschool score all drop dramatically in a short two years. This is a newly built school, great facilities, sadly they spent too much ti...
4.0 parent
10/8/2021
My daughter used to go to this school. The school itself now is in a different location with a different name but the staff stayed the same. The teachers were nice to both the students and parents/guardians. My daughter got bullied a slight bit (Not physically, she told me some kids were calling her...
5.0 parent
4/26/2020
Hillside and Sunita Williams are outstanding schools.
5.0 parent
1/21/2018
So far our experience with kindergarten has been outstanding. Our daughter loves her teacher and school

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