Hollencrest Middle

Hollencrest Middle operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school in West Covina, California, run under West Covina Unified. Current enrollment sits at 737 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

West Covina Unified runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 7,703 students. Hollencrest Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Hollencrest Middle reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% White, 2% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hollencrest Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Hollencrest Middle is one.

Vine Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hollencrest Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 817 students in 2018 compared to 737 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 14% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 24.5:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.