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Which teacher or staff member at Hillcrest Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARVEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061494001896
Hillcrest Elementary
795 Pepper St., Monterey Park, CA 91755 · (626) 307-3371 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
20.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
309 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (59).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
57.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.0pp since 2014
Math
51.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.3% | 26.6% | 14.3% | 28.7% |
| Math | 29.8% | 21.6% | 20.0% | 28.6% |
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 | 57.0% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.3% | 53.5% |
| 2021-22 | 59.4% | 58.9% |
| 2018-19 | 48.8% | 49.3% |
| 2017-18 | 49.3% | 50.4% |
| 2016-17 | 43.6% | 44.6% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in California's top 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 Hillcrest Elementary
Hillcrest Elementary's state test result (55.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Elementary this school | 439 | 70.4% | 55.6% |
| Emma W. Shuey Elementary Rosemead | 450 | 70.4% | 63.0% |
| Morningside Elementary Garden Grove | 416 | 76.0% | 62.1% |
| Shelyn Elementary Rowland Heights | 508 | 64.0% | 63.7% |
| Encinita Elementary Rosemead | 418 | 73.9% | 43.4% |
| Thomas Paine Elementary Garden Grove | 428 | 72.2% | 71.0% |
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 Hillcrest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #1,368 of 5,151 | #312 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,496 of 5,172 ▼ 154 | #344 of 1,129 ▼ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,545 of 5,172 ▼ 350 | #346 of 1,129 ▼ 81 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #560 of 5,116 | #90 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #3,167 of 5,915 | #659 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,436 of 5,352 | #431 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #2,831 of 5,354 | #468 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.4% | #2,936 of 5,625 | #851 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.1% | #330 of 1,139 | #56 of 181 |
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
439
+28 (+7%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 24.2:1
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 | 439 | 21 | 20.9:1 | 70% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 20 | 21.8:1 | 64% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 19 | 21.8:1 | 60% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 17 | 24.2:1 | 56% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 16 | 23.6:1 | 68% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 16 | 25.1:1 | 61% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | N/A | N/A | 57% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 27 | 20.1:1 | 58% (315) |
| 1990-91 | 508 | 20 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (378 to 439); teachers up 31% (16 to 21).
About Hillcrest Elementary
Hillcrest Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Monterey Park, California. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 439 students in 2024-25.
The 11 schools in Garvey Elementary enroll 4,235 students altogether, Hillcrest Elementary among them.
The share of Asian students at Hillcrest Elementary is 66%, a majority. After that, the student body is 27% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 15% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
Hillcrest Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1, with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 70% at Hillcrest Elementary. Public schools in Los Angeles County average a similar 70%.
Among California public elementary schools, Hillcrest Elementary outscored 77%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hillcrest Elementary is in the top 10% of California schools: 55.6% actual against 38.3% predicted.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Los Angeles County number 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Hillcrest Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Monterey Vista Elementary, its nearest public school. Hillcrest Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Hillcrest Elementary at 5th of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, Hillcrest Elementary is Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% rise, from 411 to 439. The ratio was 24.2:1 in 2020-21 and 20.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garvey Elementary
- Garvey (Richard) IntermediateMiddle · 661 students
- Monterey Vista ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Bitely (Arlene) ElementaryElementary · 409 students
- Emerson (Ralph Waldo) ElementaryElementary · 390 students
- Dewey Avenue ElementaryElementary · 341 students
- Temple (Roger W.) IntermediateMiddle · 297 students
Other schools in Monterey Park
- Monterey Highlands ElementaryElementary · 917 students
- Brightwood ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Repetto ElementaryElementary · 739 students
- Ynez ElementaryElementary · 695 students
- Macy IntermediateMiddle · 576 students
- Monterey Vista ElementaryElementary · 542 students
Other Hillcrest Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 24 states are named Hillcrest Elementary. Hillcrest Elementary is the 19th largest of the 42.
- Hillcrest ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 317 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolLake Stevens, WA · 842 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolEnterprise, AL · 753 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolNEDERLAND, TX · 717 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 678 students
Nearby schools
- Monterey Vista Elementary0.6 mi · 542
- Potrero Heights Elementary0.9 mi · 380
- Bitely (Arlene) Elementary0.9 mi · 409
- Macy Intermediate1.0 mi · 576
- Garvey (Richard) Intermediate1.1 mi · 661
- Repetto Elementary1.2 mi · 739
Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hillcrest Elementary?
Hillcrest Elementary enrolls approximately 439 students in grades KG-06.
Is Hillcrest Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hillcrest Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hillcrest Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hillcrest Elementary is approximately 20.9:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hillcrest Elementary?
Hillcrest Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 27% Hispanic, 0% Black, 66% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Hillcrest Elementary public or private?
Hillcrest Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garvey Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.