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Enrollment
737
Middle
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST COVINA UNIFIED·NCES 064200004607
Hollencrest Middle
2101 East Merced Ave., West Covina, CA 91791 · (626) 931-1760 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL737 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
24.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
596 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 254 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 226 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 257 | 35% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
50.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.9pp since 2014
Math
35.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.9% | 30.0% | 25.7% | 23.4% |
| Math | 19.6% | 15.5% | 26.4% | 38.5% |
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 | 50.9% | 35.1% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.4% | 30.7% |
| 2021-22 | 48.7% | 30.1% |
| 2018-19 | 52.3% | 48.5% |
| 2017-18 | 51.3% | 47.2% |
| 2016-17 | 53.7% | 44.3% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Hollencrest Middle
Hollencrest Middle's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollencrest Middle this school | 737 | 80.9% | 42.8% |
| Granger Junior High National City | 724 | 76.4% | 34.9% |
| Corona Fundamental Intermediate Corona | 754 | 80.1% | 50.4% |
| Vista View Middle Fountain Valley | 724 | 83.1% | 40.7% |
| Florence Nightingale Middle Los Angeles | 773 | 87.3% | 36.6% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle Hayward | 669 | 82.8% | 33.3% |
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 Hollencrest Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #460 of 1,224 | #106 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #494 of 1,227 ▼ 24 | #113 of 248 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #472 of 1,227 ▼ 50 | #107 of 248 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #445 of 1,214 | #135 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 737 | #530 of 1,377 | #120 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #1,138 of 1,279 | #252 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.3% | #740 of 1,278 | #123 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.9% | #526 of 1,329 | #177 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #663 of 930 | #160 of 213 |
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
737
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
+7% since 2000-01, when it was 690
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 21.5:1
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 | 737 | 30.1 | 24.5:1 | 81% (596) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 31.5 | 21.8:1 | 67% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 667 | 30.3 | 22.0:1 | 71% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 751 | 35 | 21.5:1 | 71% (536) |
| 2017-18 | 817 | 31.9 | 25.6:1 | 65% (527) |
| 2015-16 | 778 | 30 | 25.9:1 | 66% (517) |
| 2010-11 | 726 | N/A | N/A | 57% (417) |
| 2000-01 | 690 | 27 | 25.6:1 | 39% (270) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hollencrest Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (817 to 737); teachers down 6% (31.9 to 30.1).
About Hollencrest Middle
As a medium-sized middle school, Hollencrest Middle serves students in West Covina, California. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 737 students.
A total of 15 schools make up West Covina Unified, with 7,703 students enrolled.
Hispanic students are the majority at Hollencrest Middle, with 70% of enrollment. Other groups make up 22% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% White, and 2% Black. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Hollencrest Middle counts 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 24.5 students for each one. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 24.5:1 here. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
allk12 grades Hollencrest Middle an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In California, Hollencrest Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 42.8% actual against a predicted 32.2%.
Census estimates describe Los Angeles County this way: the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Hollencrest Middle, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Vine Elementary, is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hollencrest Middle is 4th on average proficiency.
Hollencrest Middle is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 737, close to the 751 recorded in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 21.5:1 to 24.5:1.
Community posts for Hollencrest Middle can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Covina Unified
- West Covina HighHigh · 1,756 students
- Edgewood HighHigh · 712 students
- Merced ElementaryElementary · 617 students
- Edgewood MiddleMiddle · 597 students
- Orangewood ElementaryElementary · 580 students
- Merlinda ElementaryElementary · 460 students
Other schools in West Covina
- West Covina HighHigh · 1,756 students
- South Hills HighHigh · 1,568 students
- San Jose Charter AcademyElementary · 1,255 students
- Mesa ElementaryElementary · 753 students
- Edgewood HighHigh · 712 students
- Telesis Academy of Science & MathElementary · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Vine Elementary0.3 mi · 346
- Merced Elementary0.7 mi · 617
- Coronado High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 120
- West Covina High0.9 mi · 1,756
- Mt. SAC Early College Academy at West Covina0.9 mi · 264
- Cameron Elementary1.1 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About Hollencrest MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Hollencrest Middle?
Hollencrest Middle enrolls approximately 737 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Hollencrest Middle serve?
Hollencrest Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Hollencrest Middle have?
Hollencrest Middle employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hollencrest Middle?
At Hollencrest Middle, the student body is approximately 3% White, 70% Hispanic, 2% Black, 22% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Hollencrest Middle public or private?
Hollencrest Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Covina Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.