Editing Hillcrest Heights, Maryland (section)

==Education==
The CDP is served by the [[Prince George's County Public Schools]] district.<ref name=HillcrestHeightsmap/>

Sections are served by Hillcrest Heights and Panorama elementary schools.<ref>"[http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20Elementary.pdf NEIGHBORHOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019]." [[Prince George's County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on August 29, 2018.</ref> All residents are zoned to Benjamin Stoddert Middle School.<ref>"[http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20Middle.pdf NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019]." [[Prince George's County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on August 29, 2018.</ref> Most areas are zoned to [[Potomac High School (Oxon Hill, Maryland)|Potomac High School]] with some zoned to [[Crossland High School]].<ref>"[http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20High.pdf NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019]." [[Prince George's County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on August 29, 2018.</ref> There is also a [[special education]] school, Jessie B. Mason Regional School,<ref>"[https://www.pgcps.org/specialeducation/index.aspx?id=19236 Department of Special Education]." [[Prince George's County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on September 7, 2018. "Jessie B. Mason Regional School 2720 Iverson Street Temple Hills, Maryland 20748"</ref> formerly Hillcrest Heights Special Center.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20011120211436/http://www.pgcps.org/schools.html Schools]." Prince George's County Public Schools. November 20, 2001. Retrieved on September 7, 2018.</ref>

G. Gardner Shugart Middle School was previously in Hillcrest Heights.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010424094247/http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/~shugart/ Home]." G. Gardner Shugart Middle School. April 24, 2001. Retrieved on August 30, 2018. "2000 Callaway Street Hillcrest Heights, Maryland 20748"</ref> Shugart was scheduled to close in 2009. According to a ''[[Washington Post]]'' article written by Nelson Hernandez, Shugart, in which 35% of its students passed a<!--Article doesn't specify!--> State of Maryland mathematics proficiency test and which underwent a restructuring required by State of Maryland authorities, "is among the schools with long-standing academic problems".<ref name=HernandezNelson>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/22/AR2009012203852.html|title=12 Pr. George's Schools Identified for Closing|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|date=2009-01-22|access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref>

Holy Family Catholic School, a Catholic pre-K to Grade 8 school, is in Hillcrest Heights. The school, on an {{convert|11|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus, opened in 1957.<ref>"[https://holyfamilymd.org/our-history/ Our History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829125912/https://holyfamilymd.org/our-history/ |date=August 29, 2018 }}." Holy Family Catholic School. Retrieved on August 29, 2018. "Holy Family School, 2200 Calloway Street, Hillcrest Heights, MD, 20748, United States"</ref> The school closed at the end of the 2019–2020 school year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=SZCZEPANOWSKI |first1=RICHARD |title=Holy Family Catholic School in Hillcrest Heights to close at end of school year |url=https://cathstan.org/news/local/holy-family-catholic-school-in-hillcrest-heights-to-close-at-end-of-school-year |website=Catholic Standard |access-date=September 3, 2020}}</ref>