Hillview Junior High

As a mid-sized intermediate school in Pittsburg, California, Hillview Junior High instructs 893 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Pittsburg Unified. That puts it 36% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Hillview Junior High is one of 13 schools operated by Pittsburg Unified, a district that serves 10,633 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Hillview Junior High shows that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 16% Black, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hillview Junior High has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Hillview Junior High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 81% of students at Hillview Junior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hillview Junior High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Contra Costa County put median household earnings sit near $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Hillview Junior High is one campus in the mix.

Highlands Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hillview Junior High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 25.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hillview Junior High has decreased 7%, going from 962 students in 2018 to 893 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 58% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

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