Summary:
ZIP code 91755 has three public schools serving grades K–8: Macy Intermediate serves grades 6–8, while Monterey Vista Elementary and Hillcrest Elementary serve K–6; there are no high schools in the list. Together, the schools enroll 1,557 students. The clearest overall finding is that Monterey Vista leads the area in both English language arts and math.
In 2025–26, Monterey Vista had 72% proficient in ELA and 79% in math, leading the other two schools’ averages by 14 and 31 percentage points, respectively. Its results were also 22 points above the state in ELA and 41 points above in math. Hillcrest was the science leader at 52%, about 2 points ahead of Monterey Vista and 16 points above the state. Macy had the lowest All Grades result in all three subjects: 55% in ELA, 39% in math, and 33% in science, though its ELA and math results were still about 6 and 1 point above the state. SchoolDigger’s overall rankings put Monterey Vista at the 91st percentile with 5 stars, Hillcrest at the 80th percentile with 4 stars, and Macy at the 66th percentile with 3 stars.
Results improved overall from 2024–25 to 2025–26: the three-school averages rose about 2 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 9 in science. All three schools improved in ELA and math, while science gains were uneven: Hillcrest rose 28 points, Monterey Vista fell 2, and Macy increased 1. Grade 6 results also show Monterey Vista ahead of the other two schools, by 16 points in ELA and 27 in math. For context, in 2024–25 the free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 67% at Monterey Vista, 70% at Hillcrest, and 76% at Macy; these figures are observations, not explanations for score differences. Monterey Vista had the highest reported student-teacher ratio, 27.1 in 2024–25, despite its academic lead. Chronic absenteeism was below the state’s 18% at all three schools, ranging from 5% at Monterey Vista to 9% at Hillcrest.
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