The top reported proficiency rate is 27% in Science. The lowest is 20% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Hillcrest School
Hillcrest School in Ogden, Utah, is no longer operating. The directory lists its status as closed, and it will not appear in any current school search for the city. It was part of the Ogden City District, a system that serves a city with a mix of residential, commercial, and government uses and an economy built around outdoor recreation, IT, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing. The central city has seen a downtown revival, with Historic 25th Street drawing dining and shopping foot traffic, and the former Defense Depot Ogden Utah has become a commercial and industrial park called Business Depot Ogden. The IRS is the largest employer, followed by the hospital, the university, and the school district itself.
The district, meanwhile, is in a building phase. In late 2024, voters approved a general obligation bond described as the largest in the district’s history, structured so that the property tax rate would remain flat rather than fall. The money is earmarked for two new elementary schools, renovations at multiple campuses, district-wide security upgrades, and a new transportation hub. Construction planning began in 2025, with builds expected over the following year or two. That context matters for families who might have once sent a child to Hillcrest: the district is investing in new facilities, and whatever attendance area Hillcrest served will be absorbed by other schools, possibly including those that are newly built or renovated.
For the 2022–23 school year, the last year for which state assessment results are available, Hillcrest’s students took the RISE tests in grades three through eight. In math, about a quarter of students scored at the proficient level or above. In English language arts, roughly a fifth did. In science, about a quarter did. Those are low proficiency rates, well below what many families would hope for. The data does not include a breakdown by student group or a comparison with other schools in the county or district, so it is impossible to say how Hillcrest’s performance stacked up against its neighbors. The participation rate is also missing, which makes the proficiency figures harder to interpret.
Beyond test scores, the profile is thin. Enrollment numbers, the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, racial and ethnic demographics, the percentage of students with disabilities or English-learning needs—all are absent from the available data. The grade band is listed as “M through M,” an unclear designation; without a clear grade span, it is not possible to say whether the school was an elementary, a middle, or a combination. The school was not a charter and had no magnet or Title I status reported. No information on discipline rates, course access, staffing, or attendance survives.
Because Hillcrest School is closed, the practical question for a parent or resident is not what it offers now but what its record says about the historical performance of that facility and what replaced it. The test results suggest that, when open, academic achievement was a soft spot, especially in English language arts. A family moving into the Hillcrest attendance zone today would be assigned to a different Ogden City District school, and that school’s current data would need to be examined separately. The district’s recent bond and construction plans signal that the physical infrastructure of the area’s schools is being addressed, but the academic outcomes of the schools that remain open are a separate concern. For anyone looking to understand the neighborhood’s educational landscape, Hillcrest is now a closed chapter rather than an active option.
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