Is Hillcrest Drive Elementary a good school?

Hillcrest Drive Elementary ranks in the bottom 10.4% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Hillcrest Drive Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 532 students attended Hillcrest Drive Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Hillcrest Drive Elementary?

Students at Hillcrest Drive Elementary are 50% Hispanic, 43% African American, 5% Two or more races, 1% White.

What schools do graduates of Hillcrest Drive Elementary attend?

Students who attend Hillcrest Drive Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Audubon Middle High : Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High

Hillcrest Drive Elementary

Summary:

Hillcrest Drive Elementary is a public elementary school in Los Angeles, California, serving 549 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which is ranked 871 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hillcrest Drive Elementary faces significant challenges, including a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism rates, consistently low test scores across various assessments, and wide achievement gaps among its student subgroups. In 2023-2024, only 18.11% of Hillcrest Drive students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 43.06% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school's African American, Hispanic, English Language Learner, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students all perform in the bottom quartile of their respective categories compared to other California elementary schools. Nearby schools, such as Virginia Road Elementary, Baldwin Hills Elementary, and Tom Bradley Global Awareness Magnet, generally outperform Hillcrest Drive Elementary across various metrics, suggesting the school's challenges may be unique to its specific context.

The data indicates that Hillcrest Drive Elementary serves a predominantly low-income population, with 97.27% to 98.41% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch over the past few years. Addressing the school's challenges will require a comprehensive and targeted approach, drawing on the strengths and best practices of nearby higher-performing schools, as well as addressing the unique socioeconomic factors that may be impacting the school's outcomes. Strategies such as improving attendance, providing additional academic support and resources, and addressing the needs of the school's diverse student population could be areas of focus for the school and district.

Detail:

Public K-5

4041 Hillcrest Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90008-2902

(323) 296-6867

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5253^rd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,740

Students who attend Hillcrest Drive Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Audubon Middle
High:	Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High

Student/teacher ratio: 19.7

Number of students: 532

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

49.6%

African American:

43.4%

Two or more races:

5.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 95.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Hillcrest Drive Elementary ranks worse than 89.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 466^th among 486 ranked elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.5. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (49.6%), African American (43.4%), two or more races (5.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 95.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Hillcrest Drive Elementary is 19.7, which is the 224^th best among 486 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hillcrest Drive Elementary is $12,740, which is the 141^st highest among 486 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Hillcrest Drive Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Hillcrest Drive Elementary 5253^rd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Hillcrest Drive Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Los Angeles Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Angeles Unified 871^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Hillcrest Drive Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Hillcrest Drive Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	11.33	4590^th	4809	4.6%
2005	10.11	4651^st	4822	3.5%
2006	8.67	4688^th	4818	2.7%
2007	4.94	5087^th	5113	0.5%
2008	5.96	5067^th	5113	0.9%
2009	2.90	5178^th	5193	0.3%
2010	3.97	5285^th	5314	0.5%
2011	3.02	5362^nd	5377	0.3%
2012	6.80	5304^th	5390	1.6%
2013	15.59	5013^th	5530	9.3%
2015	9.99	5473^rd	5611	2.5%
2016	13.13	5202^nd	5614	7.3%
2017	10.29	5476^th	5692	3.8%
2018	14.10	5166^th	5662	8.8%
2019	9.91	5571^st	5789	3.8%
2022	7.24	5844^th	5883	0.7%
2023	7.64	5808^th	5874	1.1%
2024	15.50	5253^rd	5862	10.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Hillcrest Drive Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	35.36	2036^th	3246	37.3%
2019	37.17	1972^nd	3275	39.8%
2022	18.53	3251^st	3311	1.8%
2023	25.82	2825^th	3250	13.1%
2024	39.98	1822^nd	3160	42.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Hillcrest Drive Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	17.92	2273^rd	2420	6.1%
2024	27.39	1974^th	2634	25.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Hillcrest Drive Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	22.37	4306^th	5084	15.3%
2019	14.57	4862^nd	5173	6.0%
2022	8.39	5219^th	5264	0.9%
2023	8.65	5316^th	5374	1.1%
2024	19.67	4801^st	5511	12.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Hillcrest Drive Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	13.33	5040^th	5413	6.9%
2019	9.72	5322^nd	5492	3.1%
2022	10.07	5530^th	5635	1.9%
2023	10.11	5501^st	5617	2.1%
2024	16.90	4967^th	5605	11.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Hillcrest Drive Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	28.86	1498^th	2128	29.6%
2019	20.53	2324^th	2585	10.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Hillcrest Drive Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	16.05	4888^th	5431	10.0%
2019	11.21	5296^th	5510	3.9%
2022	5.75	5654^th	5663	0.2%
2023	7.19	5622^nd	5650	0.5%
2024	15.75	5091^st	5636	9.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Hillcrest Drive Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	42.19	372^nd	700	46.9%
2019	28.65	558^th	747	25.3%
2022	20.52	605^th	663	8.7%
2023	18.58	608^th	662	8.2%
2024	33.99	376^th	593	36.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Hillcrest Drive Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.30	4297^th	4830	11.0%
2019	17.80	4517^th	4963	9.0%
2022	10.28	5004^th	5084	1.6%
2023	14.32	4832^nd	5098	5.2%
2024	27.32	3934^th	5102	22.9%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Hillcrest Drive Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	19	818	3	168	0	n/a	n/a	0	1008
1989	18	795	5	217	1	n/a	n/a	0	1036
1990	11	786	5	254	3	n/a	n/a	0	1059
1991	5	952	7	302	0	n/a	n/a	0	1266
1992	4	904	5	390	0	n/a	n/a	0	1303
1993	7	898	2	395	1	n/a	n/a	0	1303
1994	12	883	0	377	2	n/a	n/a	0	1274
1995	3	754	5	361	0	n/a	n/a	0	1123
1996	3	754	5	361	0	n/a	n/a	0	1123
1997	3	819	1	361	0	n/a	n/a	0	1184
1998	1	756	1	396	0	n/a	n/a	0	1154
1999	1	794	2	394	1	n/a	n/a	0	1192
2000	2	783	4	430	2	n/a	n/a	0	1221
2001	1	754	5	479	2	n/a	n/a	0	1241
2002	1	708	4	545	4	n/a	n/a	0	1262
2003	1	708	4	545	4	n/a	n/a	0	1262
2004	3	709	6	552	5	n/a	n/a	0	1275
2005	6	651	3	573	4	n/a	n/a	0	1237
2006	2	548	2	533	6	n/a	n/a	0	1091
2007	2	492	2	490	5	n/a	n/a	1	992
2008	4	481	16	411	7	n/a	n/a	0	919
2009	4	460	14	423	7	0	0	0	908
2010	5	355	8	373	10	0	1	0	752
2011	2	343	8	392	6	0	5	0	756
2012	2	328	3	411	3	0	3	0	750
2013	3	306	1	401	2	0	1	0	714
2014	6	340	0	381	2	2	1	0	732
2015	12	335	1	352	3	1	13	0	717
2016	15	330	2	347	3	1	12	0	710
2017	20	304	1	310	3	0	10	0	648
2018	15	282	1	287	2	0	13	0	600
2019	14	313	2	270	1	0	7	0	607
2020	10	281	0	274	1	0	25	0	591
2021	5	231	0	248	0	0	19	0	503
2022	2	207	2	238	1	0	21	0	471
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	549	549
2024	7	231	1	264	0	0	29	0	532

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Hillcrest Drive Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1008	42.0	24.0	n/a
1989	1036	43.0	24.0	n/a
1990	1059	43.3	24.4	n/a
1991	1266	49.6	25.5	n/a
1992	1303	50.4	25.8	90.7
1993	1303	52.5	24.8	95
1994	1274	50.2	25.4	95
1995	1123	43.7	25.7	88.8
1996	1123	43.7	25.7	88.8
1997	1184	45.0	26.3	90.5
1998	1154	54.0	21.4	95
1999	1192	60.0	19.9	95
2000	1221	61.0	20.0	79.9
2001	1241	63.5	19.5	99.7
2002	1262	63.0	20.0	81.9
2003	1262	63.0	20.0	81.9
2004	1275	63.0	20.2	93.3
2005	1237	63.0	19.6	94.5
2006	1091	59.0	18.5	94.9
2007	992	49.0	20.2	92
2008	919	56.0	16.4	87.3
2009	908	52.0	16.5	91.4
2010	752	46.0	16.3	93.9
2011	756	n/a	n/a	63.6
2012	750	42.0	17.8	n/a
2013	714	29.0	24.6	65.5
2014	732	31.0	23.6	77.5
2015	717	32.0	22.4	81.3
2016	710	32.0	22.1	87.9
2017	648	31.0	20.9	86.1
2018	600	29.0	20.6	92
2019	607	28.0	21.6	91.3
2020	591	n/a	n/a	98.1
2021	503	29.0	17.3	98.4
2022	471	25.0	18.8	98.1
2023	549	26.0	21.1	97.3
2024	532	27.0	19.7	95.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Hillcrest Drive Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1008	42.0	24.0	n/a
1989	1036	43.0	24.0	n/a
1990	1059	43.3	24.4	n/a
1991	1266	49.6	25.5	n/a
1992	1303	50.4	25.8	90.7
1993	1303	52.5	24.8	95
1994	1274	50.2	25.4	95
1995	1123	43.7	25.7	88.8
1996	1123	43.7	25.7	88.8
1997	1184	45.0	26.3	90.5
1998	1154	54.0	21.4	95
1999	1192	60.0	19.9	95
2000	1221	61.0	20.0	79.9
2001	1241	63.5	19.5	99.7
2002	1262	63.0	20.0	81.9
2003	1262	63.0	20.0	81.9
2004	1275	63.0	20.2	93.3
2005	1237	63.0	19.6	94.5
2006	1091	59.0	18.5	94.9
2007	992	49.0	20.2	92
2008	919	56.0	16.4	87.3
2009	908	52.0	16.5	91.4
2010	752	46.0	16.3	93.9
2011	756	n/a	n/a	63.6
2012	750	42.0	17.8	n/a
2013	714	29.0	24.6	65.5
2014	732	31.0	23.6	77.5
2015	717	32.0	22.4	81.3
2016	710	32.0	22.1	87.9
2017	648	31.0	20.9	86.1
2018	600	29.0	20.6	92
2019	607	28.0	21.6	91.3
2020	591	n/a	n/a	98.1
2021	503	29.0	17.3	98.4
2022	471	25.0	18.8	98.1
2023	549	26.0	21.1	97.3
2024	532	27.0	19.7	95.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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