Hillcrest

Hillcrest, a small elementary school in Oakland, California, run under Oakland Unified, hosts 393 students, covering grades K through 8.

Within Oakland Unified, which oversees 84 schools and 33,973 students, Hillcrest is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Hillcrest logs that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 25% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 10% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Hillcrest has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hillcrest performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.8%, the actual is 67.2%, a residual of +5.5 points.

In the area at large, census data for Alameda County shows the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Hillcrest is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kaiser Early Childhood Center, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hillcrest ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 64.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hillcrest has showed little movement, going from 387 students in 2018 to 393 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 58% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 in 2025.

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