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Hillcrest Middle

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Hillcrest Middle ranks 393 rd of 2740 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades 6-8

393^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,740 California Middle Schools

Better than 86% of California middle schools

Summary

Hillcrest Middle is a public school in Sebastopol serving 297 students in grades 6–8. Its 2025–2026 results were above California’s in English language arts (ELA), math, and science, and its clearest distinction is that it substantially outperformed the average for nearby schools serving the same grades in all three subjects.

Math and ELA are particular strengths: 58% of students were proficient in math and 67% in ELA, compared with state results of 38% and 49%. Science was 44%, still above the state’s 36%, but it is the clearest relative weakness. Results were 9 points below the Gravenstein Union Elementary district in science, and below Twin Hills Charter Middle, which scored 54%. Against the average for three nearby grade 6–8 schools, Hillcrest was ahead by 22 points in ELA, 24 in math, and 12 in science.

Scores fell from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: 6 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 9 in science, though all remain above state results. Over the longer period from 2022–2023, ELA and math rose by 4 and 5 points, while science fell by 3. SchoolDigger ranked Hillcrest at the 86th statewide percentile and gave it four stars in 2025–2026, down from the 91st percentile and five stars the year before. Its 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 16.8, versus a nearby-school average of about 19; 30% were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, compared with a nearby average of 51%. One notable SchoolDigger subgroup result: its statewide effectiveness ranking for Special Education Students was at the 49th percentile, compared with the school’s overall 86th percentile.

297

Students ?

16.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,019

Per pupil spending ?

30.0%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

725 Bloomfield Rd.
Sebastopol, CA 95472-5153

(707) 823-7653

District: Gravenstein Union Elementary

Students who attend Hillcrest Middle usually attend:

High:

Analy High

Feeder schools for Hillcrest Middle:

Elementary:

Gravenstein Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

60.6%

Hispanic:

24.9%

Two or more races:

8.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 90th percentile in 2015 → 86th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (60% vs 42% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 14% of California middle schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school60%

District avg62%

California avg42%

393^rd of 2,740

California public middle schools ?

Top 14%▼ down 5 pts since 2016

From top 10% (2016) to top 14% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

166^th of 1,530Gravenstein Union Elementary among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	84.0	393 of 2740	85.7%	★★★★☆
2025	90.7	260 of 2761	90.6%	★★★★★
2024	82.4	434 of 2783	84.4%	★★★★☆
2023	85.0	369 of 2781	86.7%	★★★★☆
2022	88.5	308 of 2740	88.8%	★★★★☆
2019	82.5	424 of 2715	84.4%	★★★★☆
2018	84.7	348 of 2480	86.0%	★★★★☆
2017	88.5	278 of 2508	88.9%	★★★★☆
2016	89.3	244 of 2497	90.2%	★★★★★
2015	88.6	259 of 2477	89.5%	★★★★☆
2013	86.6	155 of 2379	93.5%	★★★★★
2012	91.0	63 of 2259	97.2%	★★★★★
2011	86.7	153 of 2236	93.2%	★★★★★
2010	84.9	192 of 2179	91.2%	★★★★★
2009	89.5	112 of 2063	94.6%	★★★★★
2008	86.2	171 of 2005	91.5%	★★★★★
2007	90.5	111 of 1999	94.4%	★★★★★
2006	72.3	426 of 1804	76.4%	★★★★☆
2005	73.1	388 of 1777	78.2%	★★★★☆
2004	63.0	549 of 1769	69.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	84.1	354 of 2516	85.9%	★★★★☆
2025	89.8	255 of 2533	89.9%	★★★★☆
2024	79.4	452 of 2551	82.3%	★★★★☆
2023	86.1	322 of 2531	87.3%	★★★★☆
2022	87.0	300 of 2509	88.0%	★★★★☆
2019	82.9	368 of 2380	84.5%	★★★★☆
2018	84.0	329 of 2262	85.5%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	66.6	611 of 2357	74.1%	★★★★☆
2025	77.5	364 of 2395	84.8%	★★★★☆
2024	69.7	522 of 2388	78.1%	★★★★☆
2023	85.2	217 of 2374	90.9%	★★★★★
2022	84.5	212 of 2359	91.0%	★★★★★
2019	79.4	320 of 2213	85.5%	★★★★☆
2018	60.6	654 of 2072	68.4%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	72.0	513 of 2529	79.7%	★★★★☆
2025	88.5	198 of 2542	92.2%	★★★★★
2024	82.9	291 of 2579	88.7%	★★★★☆
2023	86.8	217 of 2531	91.4%	★★★★★
2022	86.2	200 of 2458	91.9%	★★★★★
2019	65.8	585 of 2369	75.3%	★★★★☆
2018	49.0	992 of 2230	55.5%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	80.2	424 of 2514	83.1%	★★★★☆
2025	87.8	295 of 2534	88.4%	★★★★☆
2024	82.2	388 of 2552	84.8%	★★★★☆
2023	81.3	406 of 2538	84.0%	★★★★☆
2022	87.8	301 of 2527	88.1%	★★★★☆
2019	78.4	461 of 2407	80.8%	★★★★☆
2018	82.6	362 of 2273	84.1%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	51.8	358 of 726	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.3	357 of 701	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.9	401 of 677	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.1	381 of 665	42.7%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	40.8	813 of 1605	49.3%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	74.4	332 of 1490	77.7%	★★★★☆
2025	86.2	125 of 1520	91.8%	★★★★★
2024	71.6	395 of 1537	74.3%	★★★★☆
2023	73.4	360 of 1543	76.7%	★★★★☆
2022	80.3	241 of 1555	84.5%	★★★★☆
2019	61.4	609 of 1602	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	72.1	413 of 1496	72.4%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2026)86th percentile~ school

Male (2026)83rd percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)80th percentile-6 vs school

White (2026)78th percentile-8 vs school

Hispanic (2026)74th percentile-12 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)51st percentile-40 vs school

Special Education (2026)49th percentile-36 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy67%+18 vs state

Mathematics58%+20 vs state

Science44%+8 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hillcrest Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	725 Bloomfield Rd.	Sebastopol	95472	Sonoma County	Gravenstein Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 823-7653	297	18	16.8	30.0%	180 (60.6%)	1 (0.3%)	74 (24.9%)	13 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	26 (8.8%)	84	393^rd of 2740 public middle schools	85.7%		90.7	260^th of 2761 public middle schools	90.6%	133		44.4	44.4				69.3	71.4	60.7	67.5				55.7	63.4	53.9	58.1	$17,019	$243	$16,776
Twin Hills Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	1685 Watertrough Rd.	Sebastopol	95472	Sonoma County	Twin Hills Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 823-7446	207	12	16.9	21.3%	120 (58.0%)	1 (0.5%)	50 (24.2%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (15.0%)	76.9	532^nd of 2740 public middle schools	80.6%		83.1	413^th of 2761 public middle schools	85.0%	119		54.0	54.0				60.2	56.8	56.3	57.8				39.8	54.3	70.1	55.0	$16,846	$331	$16,515
Brook Haven Middle	Public	5-8	7905 Valentine Ave.	Sebastopol	95472	Sonoma County	Sebastopol Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 829-4590	212	11	18.7	43.4%	90 (42.5%)	1 (0.5%)	78 (36.8%)	4 (1.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (17.0%)	53.7	1086^th of 2740 public middle schools	60.4%		64.6	797^th of 2761 public middle schools	71.1%	289	36.4	35.3	35.7			57.6	53.5	55.9	52.9	54.7			39.4	34.7	33.9	21.6	32.1	$22,384	$1,387	$20,997
Technology Middle	Public	6-8	7165 Burton Ave.	Rohnert Park	94928	Sonoma County	Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 792-4800	409	24	16.9	65.0%	91 (22.2%)	11 (2.7%)	259 (63.3%)	18 (4.4%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	23 (5.6%)	18.9	2264^th of 2740 public middle schools	17.4%		11.7	2561^st of 2761 public middle schools	7.2%	297		16.7	16.7				26.6	33.6	38.1	32.2				11.6	13.5	14.2	13.0	$19,185	$1,198	$17,987
Lawrence E. Jones Middle	Public	6-8	5154 Snyder Ln.	Rohnert Park	94928	Sonoma County	Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 588-5600	775	37	21.0	38.3%	335 (43.2%)	14 (1.8%)	300 (38.7%)	44 (5.7%)	3 (0.4%)	7 (0.9%)	72 (9.3%)	49.3	1201^st of 2740 public middle schools	56.2%		47.4	1252^nd of 2761 public middle schools	54.7%	51		27.4	27.4				47.9	49.6	46.0	47.9				36.0	34.0	34.6	34.8	$16,812	$534	$16,278
Hilliard Comstock Middle	Public	7-8	2750 West Steele Ln.	Santa Rosa	95403	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3885	423	23	18.0	86.3%	33 (7.8%)	7 (1.7%)	340 (80.4%)	27 (6.4%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.2%)	8 (1.9%)	10.3	2584^th of 2740 public middle schools	5.7%		9.7	2623^rd of 2761 public middle schools	5.0%	39		11.8	11.8					19.1	22.2	20.6					10.0	7.7	8.9	$17,212	$932	$16,280
Salmon Creek School - A Charter	Public, Charter	2-8	1935 Bohemian Hwy.	Occidental	95465	Sonoma County	Harmony Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 874-1205	162	9	18.5	24.7%	113 (69.8%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (16.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (11.1%)	65.7	799^th of 2740 public middle schools	70.8%		67.9	718^th of 2761 public middle schools	74.0%	81	52.0	47.4	50.0	94.4	70.0	48.0		72.0	52.6	65.5	77.8	30.0	16.0		36.0	31.6	35.3	$25,219	$00	$25,219
Santa Rosa Junior High	Public	7-8	1235 Mendocino Ave.	Santa Rosa	95401	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3850	452	24	18.6	76.1%	89 (19.7%)	10 (2.2%)	317 (70.1%)	15 (3.3%)	8 (1.8%)	2 (0.4%)	11 (2.4%)	20.5	2199^th of 2740 public middle schools	19.7%		19.2	2262^nd of 2761 public middle schools	18.1%	63		16.6	16.6					32.0	28.3	30.1					21.3	17.2	19.2	$17,800	$1,237	$16,563
Piner-Olivet Charter	Public, Charter	7-8	2707 Francisco Ave.	Santa Rosa	95403	Sonoma County	Piner-Olivet Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 522-3310	212	8	25.5	55.7%	50 (23.6%)	7 (3.3%)	114 (53.8%)	26 (12.3%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	11 (5.2%)	33.1	1711^th of 2740 public middle schools	37.6%		44.2	1355^th of 2761 public middle schools	50.9%	356		23.8	23.8					44.4	25.7	34.8					27.3	30.5	28.9	$13,603	$236	$13,367
Forestville Academy	Public, Charter	2-8	6321 Highway 116	Forestville	95436	Sonoma County	Forestville Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 887-2279	152	10	14.8	40.1%	85 (55.9%)	1 (0.7%)	55 (36.2%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.6%)	19	2263^rd of 2740 public middle schools	17.4%		31	1799^th of 2761 public middle schools	34.8%	464	30.0	17.2	22.5	47.1	54.6	42.1	28.6	44.4	34.5	41.3	31.3	40.9	25.0	9.5	11.1	3.5	19.1	$31,584	$4,658	$26,926

Frequently Asked Questions about Hillcrest Middle

What district is Hillcrest Middle in?

Gravenstein Union Elementary

Is Hillcrest Middle a good school?

Hillcrest Middle ranks 393^rd of 2740 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Hillcrest Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 297 students attended Hillcrest Middle.

What high school do graduates of Hillcrest Middle attend?

Students who attend Hillcrest Middle usually go on to attend Analy High

What is the racial makeup of Hillcrest Middle?

Students at Hillcrest Middle are 61% White, 25% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

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