Hillcrest High School (New Zealand)

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Hillcrest High School is a state coeducational secondary school located in south-eastern Hamilton, New Zealand. The school is named after the suburb of Hillcrest for which it serves, although the school itself is actually located in Silverdale. Opened in 1972, the school has a roll of students as of. making it the second-largest school in Hamilton.HistoryHillcrest High School is the youngest of the ten state and state-integrated secondary schools in Hamilton, opening for instruction for the first time in January 1972, although it plans to be superseded by a new secondary school at Rototuna in about 2016. Like many New Zealand state secondary schools built in the 1970s, Hillcrest was built to the S68 common design plan, characterised by single-storey classroom blocks of concrete block or brick construction (Hillcrest uses brick), with low-pitched roofs, protruding clerestory windows and internal open courtyards. The school has three full-sized S68 blocks (B, C, and D blocks) and one half-sized S68 block (western half of E block - the eastern half is a later addition).EnrolmentAt the April 2013 Education Review Office review of the school, Hillcrest High School had 1630 students, including 35 international students. The school roll's gender composition was 47% male and 53% female, and its ethnic composition was 52% New Zealand European, 20.5% Asian, 14% Māori, 7% other European, and 4% Pacific Islanders.