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Enrollment
695
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTEE·NCES 063588006141
Hill Creek Elementary
9665 Jeremy St., Santee, CA 92071 · (619) 956-5000 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
329 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 66% larger than its 8th grade class (67).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
66.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +29.6pp since 2014
Math
46.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 30 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.8% | 39.8% | 20.2% | 13.2% |
| Math | 22.8% | 23.8% | 28.6% | 24.8% |
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 | 66.6% | 46.6% |
| 2023-24 | 53.5% | 47.5% |
| 2022-23 | 53.9% | 44.9% |
| 2021-22 | 53.4% | 42.6% |
| 2020-21 | 42.7% | 37.4% |
| 2018-19 | 36.2% | 33.4% |
| 2017-18 | 46.6% | 43.6% |
| 2016-17 | 45.1% | 42.0% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Hill Creek Elementary
Hill Creek Elementary's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Creek Elementary this school | 695 | 47.3% | 53.4% |
| Carlton Hills Elementary Santee | 601 | 47.9% | 59.0% |
| George Washington Charter Palm Desert | 746 | 50.3% | 68.0% |
| Chet F. Harritt Elementary Santee | 606 | 46.4% | 50.0% |
| Foothill Elementary Prather | 609 | 50.6% | 36.0% |
| Monte Vista Monterey | 688 | 45.9% | 46.3% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Hill Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #1,492 of 5,151 | #160 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #1,813 of 5,172 ▼ 144 | #184 of 393 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #927 of 5,172 ▲ 716 | #110 of 393 ▲ 62 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.6pp | #817 of 5,116 | #49 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #788 of 5,915 | #66 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,651 of 5,352 | #267 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #1,704 of 5,354 | #181 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #4,035 of 5,625 | #270 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #3,004 of 3,837 | #214 of 279 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
695
-49 (-7%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 1,003
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 695 | 29.1 | 23.9:1 | 47% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 690 | 32 | 21.5:1 | 35% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 663 | 29 | 22.8:1 | 33% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 744 | 31 | 24.0:1 | 38% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 751 | 31 | 24.2:1 | 39% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 764 | 29 | 26.3:1 | 36% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 783 | N/A | N/A | 34% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 948 | 40 | 23.7:1 | 15% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 1,003 | 41 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hill Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (751 to 695); teachers down 6% (31 to 29.1).
About Hill Creek Elementary
Hill Creek Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Santee, California. It reported 695 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 49% higher.
The district, Santee, has 6,066 students enrolled across 11 schools.
More than half of the students at Hill Creek Elementary are White (52%). The rest of enrollment is 32% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is in line with San Diego County, where about 48% of residents are White. The diversity index for Hill Creek Elementary is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 23.9:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Hill Creek Elementary holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 71% of California public elementary schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 51.8%. Hill Creek Elementary scores 53.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for San Diego County show that median household income comes to about $106,268, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 766, with about 467,437 students.
Hill Creek Elementary's nearest public school is Santana High (about 0.5 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Hill Creek Elementary places 3rd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, Hill Creek Elementary is Suburb: Large.
The school's student count decreased 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santee
- Rio Seco ElementaryElementary · 913 students
- Cajon Park ElementaryElementary · 830 students
- Carlton Oaks ElementaryElementary · 823 students
- Pepper Drive ElementaryElementary · 661 students
- Chet F. Harritt ElementaryElementary · 606 students
- Carlton Hills ElementaryElementary · 601 students
Other schools in Santee
- West Hills HighHigh · 1,624 students
- Santana HighHigh · 1,621 students
- Rio Seco ElementaryElementary · 913 students
- Cajon Park ElementaryElementary · 830 students
- Carlton Oaks ElementaryElementary · 823 students
- Chet F. Harritt ElementaryElementary · 606 students
Nearby schools
- Santana High0.5 mi · 1,621
- Santee Alternative0.9 mi · 11
- Cajon Park Elementary1.0 mi · 830
- Santee Success Program1.1 mi · 5
- Rio Seco Elementary1.2 mi · 913
- River Valley Charter1.3 mi · 231
Frequently asked questions
About Hill Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Hill Creek Elementary?
Hill Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 695 students in grades KG-08.
Is Hill Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hill Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Hill Creek Elementary have?
Hill Creek Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hill Creek Elementary?
At Hill Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 52% White, 32% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Hill Creek Elementary public or private?
Hill Creek Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santee.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.