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Hillcrest Middle

Public, Charter Grades 6-8

260^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 91% of California middle schools

Summary

Hillcrest Middle is a highly-regarded public school serving 297 students in grades 6-8 in Sebastopol, part of the top-performing Gravenstein Union Elementary district.

Academically, Hillcrest is a standout, consistently ranking in the top 10% of all California middle schools and significantly outperforming state averages in English, Math, and Science. For example, its proficiency rates are dramatically higher than those at nearby schools like Herbert Slater Middle in Santa Rosa. Impressively, the school achieves these excellent results while spending less per student than many surrounding schools with lower performance, such as Forestville Academy and Hilliard Comstock Middle.

The school shows remarkable consistency and has rebounded strongly from pandemic-related dips in scores. While chronic absenteeism is an area noted for potential improvement, Hillcrest is part of a local cluster of high-performing middle schools, including nearby Twin Hills Charter Middle and Brook Haven Middle, suggesting strong district-level support in the area. Parents can be confident in the school's proven track record of academic excellence and effective use of resources.

297

Students ?

16.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,768

Per pupil spending ?

30%

Free/discounted lunch ?

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 — 93rd percentile in 2013 → 91st in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (66% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 9% of California middle schools

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school66%

District avg65%

California avg41%

260^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 9%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

131^st of 1,543Gravenstein 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
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
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
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
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
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%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)92nd percentile~ school

White (2025)92nd percentile~ school

Female (2025)90th percentile~ school

Male (2025)88th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)85th percentile-6 vs school

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

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy74%+25 vs state

Mathematics62%+25 vs state

Science53%+21 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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%)	90.7	260^th of 2761 public middle schools	90.6%		82.4	434^th of 2783 public middle schools	84.4%	174		53.5	53.5				79.6	67.7	73.3	73.5				68.5	53.2	64.0	61.9	$12,768	$324	$12,444
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%)	83.1	413^th of 2761 public middle schools	85.0%		87.4	338^th of 2783 public middle schools	87.9%	75		49.2	49.2				58.3	70.7	70.5	67.0				36.7	62.2	62.3	54.7	$19,223	$332	$18,891
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%)	64.6	797^th of 2761 public middle schools	71.1%		64.9	789^th of 2783 public middle schools	71.6%	8	22.6	47.2	34.9			43.4	60.0	58.0	58.5	55.0			20.8	39.3	28.0	31.5	30.1	$20,697	$2,234	$18,463
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%)	11.7	2561^st of 2761 public middle schools	7.2%		13.8	2525^th of 2783 public middle schools	9.3%	36		9.7	9.7				24.3	17.7	20.0	20.8				8.8	13.0	5.9	9.3	$20,612	$1,505	$19,107
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%)	47.4	1252^nd of 2761 public middle schools	54.7%		45.2	1307^th of 2783 public middle schools	53.0%	55		27.4	27.4				44.9	46.0	41.8	44.2				35.7	34.2	29.9	33.1	$17,012	$642	$16,370
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%)	9.7	2623^rd of 2761 public middle schools	5.0%		12.1	2585^th of 2783 public middle schools	7.1%	38		8.5	8.5					14.4	13.7	14.0					13.3	5.8	9.1	$20,965	$1,043	$19,922
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%)	67.9	718^th of 2761 public middle schools	74.0%		64.7	793^rd of 2783 public middle schools	71.5%	75	72.7	73.7	73.3	55.6	77.3	58.3	62.1	45.5	80.0	63.4	44.4	54.6	9.1	28.6	27.3	60.0	38.8	$22,824	$00	$22,824
Santa Rosa Middle	Public	7-8	500 E St.	Santa Rosa	95404	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3865	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%)	19.2	2262^nd of 2761 public middle schools	18.1%		19.7	2270^th of 2783 public middle schools	18.4%	8		15.3	15.3					22.4	27.0	24.8					18.1	17.1	17.6	$19,951	$1,644	$18,307
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%)	44.2	1355^th of 2761 public middle schools	50.9%		47.2	1240^th of 2783 public middle schools	55.4%	115		23.5	23.5					41.2	37.3	39.2					33.7	38.2	35.9
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%)	31	1799^th of 2761 public middle schools	34.8%		18.8	2306^th of 2783 public middle schools	17.1%	507	38.1	19.1	28.6	40.0	35.0	42.9	50.0	48.3	40.0	43.0	45.0	30.0	47.6	11.1	6.9	14.3	24.8	$27,385	$3,493	$23,892

Frequently Asked Questions about Hillcrest Middle

What is the racial makeup of Hillcrest Middle?

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

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 district is Hillcrest Middle in?

Gravenstein Union Elementary

Is Hillcrest Middle a good school?

Yes. Hillcrest Middle ranks in the top 9.4% of California middle schools.

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