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Enrollment
893
Middle
DISTRICT 804 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURG UNIFIED·NCES 063060004749
Hillview Junior High
333 Yosemite Dr., Pittsburg, CA 94565 · (925) 473-2380 · Contra Costa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL893 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
21.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
725 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 303 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 296 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 294 | 33% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
30.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.4pp since 2014
Math
11.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 3 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 | 6.8% | 23.9% | 27.0% | 42.3% |
| Math | 4.8% | 7.0% | 25.2% | 63.0% |
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 | 30.6% | 11.8% |
| 2023-24 | 26.8% | 10.5% |
| 2022-23 | 26.9% | 10.6% |
| 2021-22 | 33.3% | 10.1% |
| 2018-19 | 33.6% | 14.0% |
| 2017-18 | 31.5% | 15.4% |
| 2016-17 | 31.7% | 13.9% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
19.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Hillview Junior High
Hillview Junior High's state test result (19.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillview Junior High this school | 893 | 81.2% | 19.9% |
| Jefferson Leadership Academies Long Beach | 1,004 | 79.5% | 41.5% |
| Rancho Cucamonga Middle Rancho Cucamonga | 770 | 82.2% | 25.6% |
| Bancroft Middle San Leandro | 948 | 79.0% | 26.0% |
| Grange Middle Fairfield | 944 | 86.5% | 17.1% |
| Will Rogers Middle Lawndale | 799 | 81.4% | 37.9% |
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 Hillview Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #1,049 of 1,224 | #29 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #1,099 of 1,227 ▼ 1 | #33 of 42 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #966 of 1,227 ▲ 43 | #32 of 42 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #333 of 1,214 | #11 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 893 | #309 of 1,377 | #12 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #720 of 1,279 | #13 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #505 of 1,278 | #32 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.2% | #519 of 1,329 | #11 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #750 of 930 | #23 of 35 |
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
893
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 837
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 893 | 41.5 | 21.5:1 | 81% (725) |
| 2023-24 | 922 | 41.6 | 22.2:1 | 79% (732) |
| 2022-23 | 910 | 40.4 | 22.5:1 | 78% (710) |
| 2020-21 | 891 | 41 | 21.7:1 | 74% (659) |
| 2017-18 | 962 | 42.5 | 22.6:1 | 74% (709) |
| 2015-16 | 923 | 38 | 24.3:1 | 75% (692) |
| 2010-11 | 1,164 | N/A | N/A | 77% (892) |
| 2000-01 | 969 | 42 | 23.1:1 | 53% (509) |
| 1990-91 | 837 | 42 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillview Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (962 to 893); teachers down 2% (42.5 to 41.5).
About Hillview Junior High
Hillview Junior High serves students in Pittsburg, California, as a medium-sized middle-grades school. It enrolled 893 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 36% higher than the average for middle schools in California, which is about 659.
Pittsburg Unified counts 13 schools and 10,633 students, including Hillview Junior High.
Hillview Junior High is 63% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 16% Black, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 5% White. Among people living in Contra Costa County, the Hispanic share is about 28%. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Hillview Junior High was 21.5:1. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 21.5:1 here. Hillview Junior High's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 81%. It compares with 45% for public schools in Contra Costa County.
Measured against California public middle schools, Hillview Junior High receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Hillview Junior High's average proficiency rate on state tests of 19.9% is 12.0 points below the 32.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Contra Costa County, the median household income is $127,229, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Contra Costa County has 280 public schools and roughly 167,423 students.
The nearest other public school, Highlands Elementary, is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Hillview Junior High is 6th among 7 schools close by.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment went from 891 in 2020-21 to 893 in 2024-25, a change of 2 students.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pittsburg Unified
- Pittsburg Senior HighHigh · 3,403 students
- Rancho Medanos Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. Junior HighMiddle · 706 students
- Los Medanos ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Marina Vista ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- Stoneman ElementaryElementary · 602 students
Other schools in Pittsburg
- Pittsburg Senior HighHigh · 3,403 students
- Rancho Medanos Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. Junior HighMiddle · 706 students
- Los Medanos ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Delta View ElementaryElementary · 656 students
- Marina Vista ElementaryElementary · 612 students
Nearby schools
- Highlands Elementary0.4 mi · 480
- Heights Elementary0.5 mi · 547
- Black Diamond High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 205
- Golden Gate Community0.8 mi · 69
- Foothill Elementary1.0 mi · 551
- Stoneman Elementary1.0 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About Hillview Junior HighHow many students attend Hillview Junior High?
Hillview Junior High enrolls approximately 893 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hillview Junior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hillview Junior High is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Hillview Junior High?
Approximately 21.5:1 students per teacher at Hillview Junior High.
How diverse is Hillview Junior High?
Hillview Junior High reports a student body of 5% White, 63% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Hillview Junior High in?
Hillview Junior High is part of Pittsburg Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.