Hillside Elementary

Set in Madera, California, Hillside Elementary is a close-knit elementary school, run under Chawanakee Unified. It caters to 310 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 33% below the state mean of about 465.

Chawanakee Unified comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 1,407 students; Hillside Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Hillside Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 39% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Asian, 2% Black. Compared to Madera County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hillside Elementary shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Madera County (around 81%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Hillside Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 60.9%; Hillside Elementary posts 40.5%, -20.4 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Madera County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,627 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Madera County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students), of which Hillside Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Stone Creek Elementary, around 3.9 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hillside Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.7%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

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