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Which teacher or staff member at Hilliard Comstock Middle deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
423
Middle
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA HIGH·NCES 063583006123
Hilliard Comstock Middle
2750 West Steele Ln., Santa Rosa, CA 95403 · (707) 890-3885 · Sonoma County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of California public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
18.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
365 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 7 | 189 | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 234 | 55% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
14.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.0pp since 2014
Math
9.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.7% | 11.3% | 19.6% | 66.4% |
| Math | 2.4% | 6.7% | 17.5% | 73.4% |
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 | 14.0% | 9.1% |
| 2023-24 | 13.8% | 9.2% |
| 2022-23 | 18.6% | 7.3% |
| 2021-22 | 21.4% | 5.8% |
| 2018-19 | 20.8% | 5.7% |
| 2016-17 | 22.1% | 13.0% |
| 2015-16 | 14.0% | 11.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
11.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 29% 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 Hilliard Comstock Middle
Hilliard Comstock Middle's state test result (11.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilliard Comstock Middle this school | 423 | 86.3% | 11.6% |
| Imperial Middle La Habra | 495 | 83.4% | 31.9% |
| Ramona Junior High Chino | 417 | 90.4% | 26.4% |
| Grandview College Preparatory Academy Valinda | 388 | 84.8% | 27.6% |
| Magnolia Junior High Chino | 541 | 83.4% | 31.6% |
| Olive Middle Baldwin Park | 477 | 87.6% | 33.6% |
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 Hilliard Comstock Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #1,193 of 1,224 | #21 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #1,164 of 1,227 ▼ 29 | #21 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #1,212 of 1,227 ▼ 5 | #21 of 21 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #196 of 1,214 | #9 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #1,056 of 1,377 | #8 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #210 of 1,279 | #9 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #899 of 1,278 | #17 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #394 of 1,329 | #1 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #180 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
423
+25 (+6%) vs 2020
-68% since 1990-91, when it was 1,331
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 423 | 23.5 | 18.0:1 | 86% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 26.9 | 16.5:1 | 66% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 22.7 | 19.1:1 | 60% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 20 | 19.9:1 | 83% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 20.2 | 20.3:1 | 84% (344) |
| 2015-16 | 366 | 17 | 21.5:1 | 84% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | N/A | N/A | 82% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 755 | 37 | 20.4:1 | 24% (183) |
| 1990-91 | 1,331 | 56 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hilliard Comstock Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (410 to 423); teachers up 16% (20.2 to 23.5).
About Hilliard Comstock Middle
Hilliard Comstock Middle is a small middle school in Santa Rosa High, located in Santa Rosa, California. The school had 423 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
Santa Rosa High has 11 schools; together they serve 9,410 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Hilliard Comstock Middle, with 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 8% White and 6% Asian. By comparison, Sonoma County residents are about 30% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Hilliard Comstock Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
Hilliard Comstock Middle operates with 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 18.0:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. About 86% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The 51% average for public schools in Sonoma County is 35 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Hilliard Comstock Middle is F. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 1% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Hilliard Comstock Middle is in the bottom 10% of California schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.0%. The school's actual rate is 11.6%, 17.4 points lower.
In Sonoma County (population about 485,040), median household income is about $104,674, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hilliard Comstock Middle is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County, which together enroll about 63,389 students.
The nearest public school is James Monroe Elementary, at about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Hilliard Comstock Middle places 5th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 398 in 2020-21 and 423 in 2024-25, a rise of 25 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 19.9:1 to 18.0:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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- Piner HighHigh · 1,434 students
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- Elsie Allen HighHigh · 1,029 students
Nearby schools
- James Monroe Elementary0.3 mi · 315
- Helen M. Lehman Elementary0.6 mi · 373
- Albert F. Biella Elementary0.6 mi · 274
- Piner High1.1 mi · 1,434
- Morrice Schaefer Charter1.2 mi · 304
- Pivot Charter School - North Bay1.2 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Hilliard Comstock MiddleHow large is Hilliard Comstock Middle?
Hilliard Comstock Middle enrolls approximately 423 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Hilliard Comstock Middle serve?
Hilliard Comstock Middle serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Hilliard Comstock Middle?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Hilliard Comstock Middle.
What is the student diversity at Hilliard Comstock Middle?
Student demographics at Hilliard Comstock Middle are roughly 8% White, 80% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Hilliard Comstock Middle in?
Hilliard Comstock Middle is part of Santa Rosa High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.