Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441005625
Hillcrest Elementary
810 Silver Ave., San Francisco, CA 94134 · (415) 469-4722 · San Francisco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
23.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
257 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 64 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
11.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -16.7pp since 2014
Math
4.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -27.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.1% | 9.2% | 21.8% | 66.9% |
| Math | 0.0% | 4.9% | 20.8% | 74.3% |
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 | 11.3% | 4.9% |
| 2023-24 | 12.9% | 8.7% |
| 2022-23 | 24.8% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.5% | 23.3% |
| 2018-19 | 39.7% | 46.5% |
| 2017-18 | 31.9% | 37.9% |
| 2016-17 | 28.7% | 34.4% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
9.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% 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 Hillcrest Elementary
Hillcrest Elementary's state test result (9.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Elementary this school | 317 | 81.1% | 9.5% |
| H. W. Harkness Elementary Sacramento | 287 | 81.2% | 21.0% |
| Dolores Street Elementary Carson | 370 | 85.1% | 39.4% |
| Boone Elementary San Diego | 342 | 84.2% | 27.1% |
| Ernie Pyle Elementary Bellflower | 341 | 80.9% | 39.6% |
| Willow Elementary Lakewood | 346 | 80.3% | 25.6% |
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 San Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #5,108 of 5,151 | #66 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.9% | #5,162 of 5,172 ▼ 103 | #67 of 69 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #5,124 of 5,172 ▼ 37 | #66 of 69 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -16.8pp | #14 of 5,116 | #4 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #4,617 of 5,915 | #43 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #3,578 of 5,352 | #44 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #2,990 of 5,354 | #47 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #2,082 of 5,625 | #6 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #754 of 3,837 | #9 of 42 |
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
317
-79 (-20%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 317 | 13.3 | 23.8:1 | 81% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 13.9 | 23.6:1 | 83% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 16.3 | 20.6:1 | 84% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 89% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 24.3 | 17.9:1 | 83% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 22 | 21.0:1 | 87% (401) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | N/A | N/A | 86% (410) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 80% (390) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 25 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (435 to 317); teachers down 45% (24.3 to 13.3).
About Hillcrest Elementary
Hillcrest Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school based in San Francisco, California. It had 317 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 32% below average.
A total of 106 schools make up San Francisco Unified, with 48,706 students enrolled.
About 71% of the student body at Hillcrest Elementary is Hispanic. Other groups make up 14% Asian, 10% Black, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 16% of San Francisco County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at Hillcrest Elementary are from different groups.
The school had 13.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 23.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. The school reported 81% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 27 points above the 54% average for public schools in San Francisco County.
On the allk12 Grade, Hillcrest Elementary lands at F, ahead of 0% of California public elementary schools.
A school in California with Hillcrest Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 32.0%. Hillcrest Elementary scores 9.5%.
In the surrounding county, San Francisco County, median household income comes to about $140,970, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 60% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 132, with about 56,505 students.
Of the public schools around it, Hillcrest Elementary is closest to Serra (Junipero) Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Hillcrest Elementary is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 396 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 317 by 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 18.9 in 2020-21 to 23.8 in 2024-25.
The Hillcrest Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
San Francisco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,235
Census ACS
Median income
$140,970
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
56,505 students
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41 other US public schools in 24 states are named Hillcrest Elementary. Hillcrest Elementary is the 34th largest of the 42.
- Hillcrest ElementaryMonterey Park, CA · 439 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
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- Serra (Junipero) Elementary0.6 mi · 283
- Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary0.7 mi · 564
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Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest ElementaryHow many students attend Hillcrest Elementary?
Hillcrest Elementary enrolls approximately 317 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Hillcrest Elementary serve?
Hillcrest Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hillcrest Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hillcrest Elementary is approximately 23.8:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hillcrest Elementary?
Student demographics at Hillcrest Elementary are roughly 71% Hispanic, 10% Black, 14% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Hillcrest Elementary?
Hillcrest Elementary is overseen by San Francisco Unified in San Francisco County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.