Crocker Middle

As a low-enrollment intermediate school in Hillsborough, California, Crocker Middle educates 446 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Hillsborough City Elementary. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Crocker Middle is one of 4 schools operated by Hillsborough City Elementary, a district that caters to 1,239 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Crocker Middle lists that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 39% Asian, 14% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Crocker Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 3% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Mateo County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Crocker Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 77.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.9%.

In the area at large, San Mateo County reports that median household earnings sit near $158,855, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Crocker Middle is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Hillsborough, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Crocker Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Crocker Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 73.2%.

Crocker Middle operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Crocker Middle's enrollment has contracted 12% since 2018, when it stood at 505 (now 446). The White share of enrollment decreased from 60% to 39% over that span.

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