Enrollment
297
Middle
DISTRICT 266 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAVENSTEIN UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061584002001
Hillcrest Middle
725 Bloomfield Rd., Sebastopol, CA 95472 · (707) 823-7653 · Sonoma County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of California public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
89 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 92 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 36% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Gravenstein Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
73.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.5pp since 2014
Math
61.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.8% | 39.7% | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| Math | 38.5% | 23.4% | 18.9% | 19.2% |
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 | 73.5% | 61.9% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 53.9% |
| 2022-23 | 63.5% | 52.7% |
| 2021-22 | 68.9% | 53.0% |
| 2018-19 | 68.5% | 55.4% |
| 2017-18 | 72.2% | 54.2% |
| 2016-17 | 72.3% | 59.2% |
| 2015-16 | 72.0% | 60.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Hillcrest Middle
Hillcrest Middle's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Middle this school | 297 | 30.0% | 62.0% |
| Ione Junior High Ione | 387 | 31.0% | 19.6% |
| Strawberry Elementary Santa Rosa | 365 | 35.1% | 54.1% |
| Fine Arts Academy Atascadero | 238 | 35.3% | 52.4% |
| Magnolia Intermediate Grass Valley | 410 | 32.2% | 44.2% |
| Joan MacQueen Middle Alpine | 405 | 36.8% | 36.8% |
Matched among California middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #201 of 1,224 | #3 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #162 of 1,227 ▲ 47 | #3 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #143 of 1,227 ▲ 167 | #3 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #195 of 1,214 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #1,198 of 1,377 | #14 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #89 of 1,279 | #4 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #530 of 1,278 | #10 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.0% | #1,149 of 1,329 | #17 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.8% | #54 of 257 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
297
+13 (+5%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 324
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
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 | 297 | 17.7 | 16.8:1 | 30% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 17.8 | 16.3:1 | 31% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 16.8 | 16.6:1 | 40% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 15 | 18.9:1 | 18% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 250 | 18.4 | 13.6:1 | 22% (55) |
| 2015-16 | 255 | 16 | 15.9:1 | 16% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 280 | N/A | N/A | 13% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 217 | 9 | 24.1:1 | 9% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 324 | 13 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillcrest Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (250 to 297); teachers down 4% (18.4 to 17.7).
About Hillcrest Middle
Hillcrest Middle is a middle-grades school in Sebastopol, California, reachable at (707) 823-7653. It enrolled 297 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 55% lower than the average for middle schools in California, which is about 659.
Gravenstein Union Elementary runs 3 schools with a combined 798 students. Hillcrest Middle is one of them.
Hillcrest Middle is 61% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 25% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 62% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The school's lunch program data list 30% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 51% average among public schools in Sonoma County.
Measured against California public middle schools, Hillcrest Middle receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Hillcrest Middle's results are within a point of predicted: 62.0% against 62.0%.
Among Sonoma County residents, the median household income is $104,674, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Hillcrest Middle, Sonoma County has 183 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Gravenstein Elementary, about 1.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 53.9%; Hillcrest Middle's is 62.0%, ranking 2nd of 8.
Locale data from NCES put Hillcrest Middle in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe). Charter status: Hillcrest Middle is a public charter school.
Enrollment has grown by 13 students since 2020-21, to 297. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 18.9:1 to 16.8:1.
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Sonoma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
485,040
Census ACS
Median income
$104,674
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
184
63,389 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gravenstein Union Elementary
- Gravenstein ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Gravenstein FirstElementary · 37 students
- Gravenstein Community DayElementary
Other schools in Sebastopol
- Analy HighHigh · 1,473 students
- Gravenstein ElementaryElementary · 464 students
- Apple BlossomElementary · 305 students
- Sebastopol Independent CharterElementary · 286 students
- Park Side ElementaryElementary · 268 students
- Sunridge CharterElementary · 256 students
Other Hillcrest Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Hillcrest Middle. Hillcrest Middle is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Hillcrest MiddleSimpsonville, SC · 989 students
- Hillcrest Middle SchoolTrumbull, CT · 792 students
- Hillcrest Middle SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 732 students
- Hillcrest Middle SchoolTuscaloosa, AL · 542 students
- Hillcrest MiddleDalzell, SC · 365 students
Nearby schools
- Gravenstein Elementary1.3 mi · 464
- Gravenstein First1.3 mi · 37
- Twin Hills Charter Middle1.8 mi · 207
- Sunridge Charter1.9 mi · 256
- Park Side Elementary2.4 mi · 268
- Brook Haven Middle2.8 mi · 212
Frequently asked questions
About Hillcrest MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Hillcrest Middle?
Hillcrest Middle enrolls approximately 297 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Hillcrest Middle serve?
Hillcrest Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hillcrest Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hillcrest Middle is approximately 16.8:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hillcrest Middle?
Hillcrest Middle reports a student body of 61% White, 25% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Hillcrest Middle in?
Hillcrest Middle is part of Gravenstein Union Elementary.
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