2025-26 Profile*
Hillcrest High
3665 S. Industrial Dr.
Simpsonville , SC 29681
Telephone: (864) 355-3500
Fax: (864) 355-3382
Hillcrest High Website
Grades: 9th - 12th Grade
Enrollment: 1920
School Location: I-385 near Fairview Road Exit
Principal: April Reese
Email: awreese@greenville.k12.sc.us
Rising 9th Grade Course Catalog | Rising 10th-12th Grade Course Catalog
Awards and Honors
- Advanced Placement Scholars
- Award Winning Band, Chorus, and Orchestra
- Annual productions by the Drama Department
- Award Winning Art Department, HHS Student Artwork hangs in SC hospitals, DMVs and Proaxis Therapy
- Award Winning Agricultural Science Department
- Award Winning Speech and Debate Team, Individual, State and National Champions
- Reflections PTSA Awards
- CATE Grant $85,000.00 for 2018-19
- Class of 2025 75% attended 2 or 4 year College
- Class of 2025 34 Palmetto Fellows Scholars
- Class of 2025 $11,148,037 awarded in College Scholarships
- Donors Choose Grants awarded to 6 teachers for 2017
- CATE Grant $85,000.00 for 2017-18
- Transition Grant from USC School of Medicine and Education
- Excellent Absolute Rating on School Report Card 2013
- Palmetto Gold (Absolute Improvement) Award 2011, 2013
- CCEC Exceptional Educator of the Year 2013
- Teacher of the Year Agricultural Science 2008-2009
- Teacher of the Year Speech and Debate 2012
- Teacher of the Year HHS 2017-2018, Top Ten Teacher of the Year District Finalist
- 9 National Board Certified Teachers
- CCEC Exceptional Educator of the Year 2013
- Palmetto Gold Absolute Improvement Award
Organizations/Clubs
- Annual productions by the Drama Department
- Award Winning Speech and Debate Individual, State and National Champions
- Student Council raised over $105,000 for PAALS Service Dog Charity
- Over 25 Student Clubs
Faculty
- 5 National Board Certified Teachers
- 23 Gifted and Talented Teachers
- 22 Teachers with at least one AP endorsement
- 62 Teachers with a Masters or Higher
Athletics
- 15 Statewide Player of the Year awards 1999-2018
- 17 Statewide Player of the Year awards 1999-2018
- 11 Gatorade Player of the Year awards 2002-2018
- 79 Individual State Champions 1968-2021
- 5 Statewide Coach of the Year award winners on staff
- 34 Region Champion teams 2010-2018
- 8 North/South Senior All Star selections 2017 (6 Sports)
- 4 North/South Senior All Star selections 2016 (4 Sports)
- 3 Shrine Bowl Football Selections 1999-2017
- Director’s Cup for Athletic Program (Statewide) Top 10- 2012
- Director’s Cup for Athletic Program (Statewide) Top 15- 2011, 2014, 2017
- Region Championship in Football 2013, 2014
- Baseball 5A Championship 2021
- Softball State Champions 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012
- Volleyball State Champions 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Volleyball State Runner-up 2014
- Wrestling Dual State Champions 2011, 2012, 2019, 2021
- Girls Soccer State Champions 1999
- Girls Soccer State Runner-up 2001
- Boys Golf State Champions 1964, 1967, 1968, 1985
- Boys Golf State Runner-up 1984, 1985, 2002
- Boys Basketball State Runner-up 1988, 1995, 2014, 2015
- Wrestling Dual State Runner-up 2007
- Girls Track 5A State Championship 2019, 2021
For a closer look...
For more in-depth information on this school including programs, course offerings, extracurricular activities, and more - visit www.greenville.k12.sc.us/hillcrest/
If you would like information about the School Report Card rating, visit the State Department of Education Website, screportcards.com.
For more information, call INFOLine at 864-355-3100, visit our website at www.greenville.k12.sc.us.
Facilities
Located in the southeastern corner of Greenville County along I-385 • Built in 1992 • 108 classrooms • All students are issued a Chromebook for personalized learning • Promethean Boards in all regular education classrooms • Centrally located Media Center with a Promethean Board • Wireless internet access throughout the campus • 30 student computers in the Media Center Computer Lab • Six (6) computer labs designated for the Business Department • Auditorium seats 600 • Rams Café Cafeteria • Gymnasium with two auxiliary gyms • Tennis courts • Football stadium with new concession stands • Rubberized competition track • Baseball field • Softball field • Greenhouse • Agriculture barn facility • Auditorium (seating) with sound and lighting Equipment
Faculty Profile
- Administrators: 6
- Teachers/Professional Staff: 131
- Support Staff: 51
Outstanding Features/Programs
Academics
- Early College Program
- English as Second Language Program
- Dual Credit Program
- Family and Consumer Science Program
- Health Science Program
- Employability Credential Diploma Program
- Palmetto Gold Absolute Improvement Award
- Class of 2016 91% attended 2 or 4 year College
Organizations/Programs
- 2 Foreign Languages
- 2 Outdoor Learning Courtyards
- Advanced Placement Courses offered in English, Math, Science, Social Studies
- High Schools That Work
- Hillcrest High School Student Recycling Initiative
- CTE Pathways – Agricultural Science, Business and Family/ Consumer Science, Health Science
- Teacher Cadet Program
- Student Government
- Satellite Diploma Program
- Job Coach
- Honors Courses
- AP Courses
- Foreign Exchange Program
- PTSA
- School Improvement Council
- Two Greenhouses
- Sold $25,000 in the Agricultural Department’s Annual Spring Plan Sale
- Sold over 600 Poinsettias at Agricultural Department’s Annual Fall Sale
- Foundations in Animations
Fine Arts
- Award Winning Art Department
- Award Winning Band, Chorus, and Orchestra
- Annual Productions by the Drama Department
Athletics
- 45 Athletic Teams (Boys and Girls)
- Competitive Cheer Team
- All-Sports Booster Club
- Individual Booster Clubs
Honor Societies and Clubs
- Award Winning Robotics Teams
- National Honor Society
- National Honor Society Tutoring Program
- National Beta Club
- Spanish Honor Society
- Over 25 Student Clubs