Hillcrest High

Hillcrest High, a substantial high school in Riverside, California, run under Alvord Unified, educates 1,780 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 112% above the state mean of about 838.

Within Alvord Unified, which oversees 23 schools and 16,432 students, Hillcrest High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Hillcrest High records that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 13% White, 10% Asian, 6% Black. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hillcrest High shows 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 76% of students at Hillcrest High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Hillcrest High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.5%, the actual is 42.3%, a residual of +7.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Hillcrest High is one.

Alvord High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hillcrest High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hillcrest High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.7%.

Hillcrest High operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 1,736 students in 2018 compared to 1,780 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 63% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.