Hillcrest Middle School

Set in GLENDALE, Arizona, Hillcrest Middle School is a mid-tier 6-8 campus, run under Deer Valley Unified District (4246). It serves 732 students across grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 48% larger than the state mean of about 494.

Within Deer Valley Unified District (4246), which oversees 41 schools and 32,265 students, Hillcrest Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Hillcrest Middle School shows that 71% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) records that median household earnings sit near $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Hillcrest Middle School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Mountain Ridge High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hillcrest Middle School.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hillcrest Middle School has fell 23%, going from 946 students in 2018 to 732 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 77% to 71% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

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