How does Crocker Middle compare to other middle schools in Hillsborough?

Crocker Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 70.5/100, placing it at the 97th percentile statewide. 56% of students exceed standard, with a total of 869 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Crocker Middle?

55.6% of students at Crocker Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 81.2% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Crocker Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Crocker Middle's proficiency rate decreases by 6.8 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This pattern in test scores may reflect a variety of factors beyond the school itself.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Crocker Middle?

4.5% of students at Crocker Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Crocker Middle

Middle School

Hillsborough City Elementary HillsboroughSan Mateo County94010

📍 2600 Ralston Avenue

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

⭐

High Ceiling

A high-ceiling school — students here are pushed to exceed, not just meet, the standard.

Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

454 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

15:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

Teachers

31 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Maintained

-1.0 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+11.5 pts DFS change

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic3.1%

White47.1%

Asian35.0%

Black0.4%

Other14.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Crocker Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	55.6%
Met Standard	25.7%
Below Standard	18.8%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "81% proficient" for Crocker Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

55.6% of students exceeded standard while 25.7% met it. That exceeded rate is 38.3 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 12.0 points below the Hillsborough City Elementary district average of 67.6%. Compared to the 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 19.9 points higher (vs 35.6% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 6.8 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance maintained and Math increased year-over-year.

Chronic absenteeism is 4.5%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

55.6%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

81.2%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

-6.8pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

4.5%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

0.7%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

869

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	146	50.0%	32.9%	13.7%	3.4%	82.9%
7th	150	43.3%	41.3%	8.0%	7.3%	84.7%
8th	137	43.1%	33.6%	13.9%	9.5%	76.6%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	147	69.4%	13.6%	11.6%	5.4%	83.0%
7th	150	68.0%	16.7%	10.7%	4.7%	84.7%
8th	139	59.7%	15.8%	15.8%	8.6%	75.5%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

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High School

No feeder data available for this level

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.