<p>Hillside Elementary School is the public elementary school for the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, serving kindergarten through fourth grade. In 1998, the school became recognized by the United States Department of Education, as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. It has approximately 600 students in the building, and administrators take pride in maintaining small class sizes. Students are grouped heterogeneously, with special needs students main-streamed into regular classes. The principal is Laura Sullivan.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>