Summary:
Hilmar Middle is the only middle school listed in Hilmar Unified, serving grades 6–8 with 542 students. Its 2025–2026 proficiency results are below California’s in all three tested subjects: 39% in English language arts (ELA), 21% in math, and 25% in science, compared with statewide rates of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The most important gap for families to note is math: the school is 17 percentage points below the state.
With just one school in the area, there is no school-to-school top or bottom; within the school’s results, ELA is closest to the state, while math is furthest behind. ELA trails California by 10 points and science by 11 points. Science is a relative bright spot locally: its 25% proficiency rate is 2 points above the district’s 23%, while the school’s ELA and math results are 2 and 3 points below district rates. Attendance is another positive: chronic absenteeism is 11%, below the district’s 12% and California’s 18%.
Recent results show mixed movement. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA proficiency rose by 2 percentage points and its gap with California narrowed by 1 point; math was essentially unchanged as the state improved, widening the math gap by 1 point. Science fell by 2 points while California rose by 3, widening the science gap by 6 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down, from the 42nd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 34th percentile in 2025–2026. For context, the 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 19.6:1, and 66% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Those figures describe the school but do not establish a reason for its results.
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