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What advice would you give to incoming students at Hamilton?
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Enrollment
450
High
DISTRICT 1,263 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMET UNIFIED·NCES 061692011020
Hamilton
57430 Mitchell Rd., Anza, CA 92539 · (951) 763-1865 · Riverside County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
365 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 65%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 59 | 13% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
23.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -15.0pp since 2014
Math
6.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -15.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 15 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.5% | 16.5% | 25.2% | 51.7% |
| Math | 1.3% | 5.3% | 19.3% | 74.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 6.6% |
| 2023-24 | 27.9% | 8.9% |
| 2022-23 | 28.2% | 11.3% |
| 2021-22 | 35.5% | 13.8% |
| 2020-21 | 53.6% | 20.0% |
| 2018-19 | 50.0% | 22.2% |
| 2017-18 | 44.3% | 17.4% |
| 2016-17 | 62.7% | 29.9% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 22.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hamilton
Hamilton's state test result (16.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton this school | 450 | 81.1% | 16.9% |
| Fort Bragg High Fort Bragg | 569 | 77.5% | 29.2% |
| Clear Lake High Lakeport | 335 | 77.3% | 23.3% |
| Denair High Denair | 306 | 75.2% | 22.1% |
| Orland High Orland | 725 | 78.1% | 28.2% |
| Lucerne Valley High Lucerne Valley | 322 | 88.2% | 25.8% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hamilton ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #1,020 of 1,052 | #60 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.6% | #1,023 of 1,056 ▼ 72 | #58 of 60 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #1,025 of 1,056 ▼ 34 | #60 of 60 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.9pp | #44 of 1,044 | #2 of 59 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #1,070 of 2,093 | #62 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #253 of 1,352 | #8 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #323 of 1,351 | #16 of 75 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #586 of 1,575 | #52 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +58.5% | #13 of 327 | #2 of 25 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
450
+188 (+72%) vs 2020
+21% since 2010-11, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 13.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 450 | 25.6 | 17.6:1 | 81% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 23.6 | 15.7:1 | 83% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 24.4 | 15.4:1 | 77% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 262 | 19 | 13.8:1 | 84% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 22.1 | 12.8:1 | 73% (207) |
| 2015-16 | 299 | 22 | 13.6:1 | 80% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | N/A | N/A | 76% (284) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton.
Since 2017-18: students up 58% (284 to 450); teachers up 16% (22.1 to 25.6).
About Hamilton
Hamilton is a low-enrollment high school in California, with an address in Anza. The school enrolls 450 students, from grades 6 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in California is about 838, so this school runs 46% smaller than that.
Hemet Unified is made up of 27 schools with 22,778 students in all.
Hamilton's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 50%. Other students are 34% White, 7% Native American, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 51% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. Hamilton has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1 at Hamilton, with 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in California have a similar average ratio of 18.2:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 81%.
Hamilton trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 15.1 points (16.9% versus 32.0%), a bottom-10% result in California on BeatsExpectations.
Across Riverside County, median household income is about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The public schools of Riverside County number 543 and enroll about 424,872.
The closest public school, Hamilton Elementary, is about 0.2 miles from Hamilton. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 32.9%; Hamilton's is 16.9%, ranking 8th of 8.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment records show 262 in 2020-21 and 450 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.8:1 to 17.6:1.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hemet Unified
- Hemet HighHigh · 2,414 students
- West Valley HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Tahquitz HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Diamond Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,123 students
- Dartmouth MiddleMiddle · 1,113 students
- Rancho Viejo MiddleMiddle · 1,040 students
Other Hamilton schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Hamilton. Hamilton is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Hamilton SchoolMemphis, TN · 677 students
- Hamilton SchoolHAMILTON, MS · 557 students
- Hamilton SchoolNorth Kingstown, RI · 447 students
- HAMILTON SCHOOLMOUNT VERNON, NY · 320 students
Nearby schools
- Hamilton Elementary0.2 mi · 360
- Idyllwild12.1 mi · 268
- Cottonwood15.6 mi · 197
- Cahuilla Elementary17.8 mi · 399
- Valle Vista Elementary17.9 mi · 672
- Rancho Mirage Elementary18.1 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About HamiltonHow large is Hamilton?
Hamilton enrolls approximately 450 students in grades 06-12.
Is Hamilton an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hamilton is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Hamilton have?
Hamilton employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hamilton?
At Hamilton, the student body is approximately 34% White, 50% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Hamilton public or private?
Hamilton is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hemet Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.