Hillview Middle

Hillview Middle, a mid-sized middle school in Whittier, California, part of East Whittier City Elementary, educates 643 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

East Whittier City Elementary comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 7,442 students; Hillview Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Hillview Middle reports that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 7% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hillview Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.9%.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Hillview Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Orchard Dale Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hillview Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hillview Middle ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hillview Middle has shrank 9%, going from 705 students in 2018 to 643 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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