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What advice would you give to incoming students at Hillsdale Middle?
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Enrollment
1,481
Middle
DISTRICT 920 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAJON VALLEY UNION·NCES 060681005234
Hillsdale Middle
1301 Brabham St., El Cajon, CA 92019 · (619) 441-6156 · San Diego County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,481 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of California public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
22.1:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
1,085 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 6 | 475 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 499 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 507 | 34% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
57.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.6pp since 2014
Math
41.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.6% | 33.8% | 19.7% | 22.9% |
| Math | 22.4% | 19.1% | 25.9% | 32.7% |
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 | 57.4% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 54.6% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 37.3% |
| 2021-22 | 56.1% | 38.2% |
| 2018-19 | 63.9% | 46.0% |
| 2017-18 | 66.2% | 49.6% |
| 2016-17 | 63.9% | 47.9% |
| 2015-16 | 66.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Hillsdale Middle
Hillsdale Middle's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsdale Middle this school | 1,481 | 73.3% | 47.9% |
| Louis Armstrong Middle Sherman Oaks | 1,174 | 62.5% | 47.7% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Middle Glendale | 842 | 61.6% | 39.9% |
| Chico Junior High Chico | 861 | 63.9% | 43.1% |
| Turlock Junior High Turlock | 1,294 | 72.4% | 32.0% |
| La Contenta Middle Yucca Valley | 647 | 70.2% | 25.9% |
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 Hillsdale Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #380 of 1,224 | #34 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #386 of 1,227 ▲ 19 | #34 of 92 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #363 of 1,227 ▲ 8 | #32 of 92 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #602 of 1,214 | #40 of 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,481 | #21 of 1,377 | #5 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #810 of 1,279 | #61 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #407 of 1,278 | #45 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.3% | #681 of 1,329 | #30 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #851 of 930 | #67 of 73 |
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
1,481
-17 (-1%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 1,421
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 1,481 | 67.2 | 22.1:1 | 73% (1,085) |
| 2023-24 | 1,483 | 63.2 | 23.5:1 | 64% (956) |
| 2022-23 | 1,500 | 63.8 | 23.5:1 | 57% (849) |
| 2020-21 | 1,498 | 59 | 25.4:1 | 43% (639) |
| 2017-18 | 1,532 | 62.7 | 24.4:1 | 39% (605) |
| 2015-16 | 1,515 | 60 | 25.3:1 | 40% (607) |
| 2010-11 | 1,485 | N/A | N/A | 26% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 1,421 | 56 | 25.4:1 | 11% (161) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillsdale Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,532 to 1,481); teachers up 7% (62.7 to 67.2).
About Hillsdale Middle
El Cajon, California, is home to Hillsdale Middle, a high-enrollment middle-grades school. It reported 1,481 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in California have about 659 students on average; enrollment here is 125% higher.
Hillsdale Middle is one school in Cajon Valley Union, a system of 25 schools with 15,974 students.
The share of White students at Hillsdale Middle is 55%, a majority. It is also 27% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
Based on 67.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Hillsdale Middle has a ratio of 22.1:1. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is 20.7:1. Income data for the school show 73% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 19 points above the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County.
Hillsdale Middle holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 80% of California public middle schools.
Hillsdale Middle's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (47.9%) and its predicted rate (36.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
The school's county is San Diego County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in San Diego County number 766, with about 467,437 students.
Among nearby public schools, Rancho San Diego Elementary is closest at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hillsdale Middle. By average proficiency, Hillsdale Middle is 5th among 7 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 1,498 students in 2020-21 and 1,481 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 25.4:1 to 22.1:1.
Hillsdale Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cajon Valley Union
- Naranca ElementaryElementary · 985 students
- Cajon Valley MiddleMiddle · 942 students
- Montgomery MiddleMiddle · 929 students
- Lexington ElementaryElementary · 878 students
- Johnson ElementaryElementary · 766 students
- Chase Avenue ElementaryElementary · 757 students
Other schools in El Cajon
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 2,331 students
- Literacy First CharterCombined · 2,160 students
- Valhalla HighHigh · 1,728 students
- El Cajon Valley HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Bostonia GlobalCombined · 1,266 students
- Naranca ElementaryElementary · 985 students
Nearby schools
- Rancho San Diego Elementary0.4 mi · 533
- Valhalla High1.0 mi · 1,728
- Fuerte Elementary1.2 mi · 686
- Steele Canyon High1.3 mi · 2,198
- Cajon Valley Home1.3 mi · 117
- Jamacha Elementary1.3 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Hillsdale MiddleHow many students attend Hillsdale Middle?
Hillsdale Middle enrolls approximately 1,481 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Hillsdale Middle serve?
Hillsdale Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Hillsdale Middle?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Hillsdale Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hillsdale Middle?
At Hillsdale Middle, the student body is approximately 55% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Hillsdale Middle public or private?
Hillsdale Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cajon Valley Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.