Hillcrest Christian College - Gold Coast 4.39

Hillcrest Christian College is an independent Christian school located in Reedy Creek, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.The medium-size, co-educational, Christian school has approximately 1390 students enrolled in each semester with students ranging from Pre-Prep to Year 12. There is also an on-campus Kindy and Outside School Hours Care. Hillcrest Christian College is a member of the CSA (Christian Schools Organisation), which defines the school as a locally governed and not-for-profit organisation.HistoryHillcrest Christian College was opened by Reedy Creek Baptist Church in 1982. Starting with just 37 students from years 1-7 the school operated on the Church grounds before upgrading to Reedy Creek in 1986.The school has had four principals since its opening: Andrew Mackie : 1982-1990 Stuarte Kerdel: 1991-2000 Keith Francis: 2002-2014 Jeff Davis: 2015-AcademiaNAPLAN ResultsHillcrest Christian College has a reputation for students performing well above State and National benchmarks in the Years 3, 5, 7 & 9 NAPLAN tests.Year 3 2013 results indicate that: 100% of Year 3 students achieved above the State and National average for numeracy, grammar, reading, spelling and writing. Year 5 2013 results indicate that: 97.1% of Year 5 students achieved above the State and National average for numeracy, grammar, reading and writing. 94.2% of student achieved above the State and National average for spelling. Year 7 2013 results indicate that: 98.6% of Year 7 students achieved above the State and National average for reading. 97.3% of Year 7 students achieved above the State and National average for grammar, spelling and writing. 97.2% of Year 7 students achieved above the State and National average for numeracy. Year 9 2013 results indicate that: 98% of Year 9 students achieved above the State and National average for numeracy, reading and writing. 97.1% of Year 9 students achieved above the State and National average for grammar. 96.1% of Year 9 students achieved above the State and National average for spelling.