📍 1301 Brabham St., El Cajon, San Diego County, 92019
Hillsdale Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in El Cajon, San Diego County. The school has 1,500 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michael Wallace. It is part of the Cajon Valley Union school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 63.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
Hillsdale Middle enrolls 1,500 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 63.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% White, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 10% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 871 | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 359 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 156 | 10% |
| Black or African American | 67 | 4.5% |
| Asian | 43 | 2.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
849 of the school's 1,500 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hillsdale Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Hillsdale Middle is one of 26 schools in Cajon Valley Union, based in El Cajon, California. The district serves 15,992 students district-wide and employs 661 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,500 students, Hillsdale Middle is larger than the district average of about 615 students per school.