Hilliard Comstock Middle

Hilliard Comstock Middle is a tight-knit junior high in Santa Rosa, California, overseen by Santa Rosa High. The school caters to 423 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Santa Rosa High comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 9,410 students; Hilliard Comstock Middle is among them.

On demographics, Hilliard Comstock Middle records that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 8% White, 6% Asian. By comparison, Sonoma County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Hilliard Comstock Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sonoma County (around 51%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hilliard Comstock Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 28.1%; this one comes in at 11.5%, -16.6 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Sonoma County shows median household income runs about $104,674, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sonoma County runs 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), of which Hilliard Comstock Middle is one.

The closest other public school is James Monroe Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hilliard Comstock Middle comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 17.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 410 students in 2018 compared to 423 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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