Hillview Middle

Hillview Middle is one of the sizable junior highs in Palmdale, California, overseen by Westside Union Elementary, with 1,100 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 67% larger than the state mean of about 659.

Westside Union Elementary comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 9,078 students; Hillview Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hillview Middle reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% White, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Hillview Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 53% of students at Hillview Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hillview Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.1%.

Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Hillview Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rancho Vista Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hillview Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hillview Middle at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 42.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hillview Middle's enrollment has increased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 917 (now 1,100). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 49% to 59%.

On allk12, members of the Hillview Middle community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.