Public school · Mountain Empire Unified · Pine Valley, California

Hillside Junior/Senior High

Pine Valley · 7–12 · 31 students (2024–25)

7454 Pine Boulevard, 91962(619) 473-8693

Hillside Junior/Senior High is a public school for grades 7–12. We don't have a 2025 Scope Score for it.

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8% of the 13 students tested met or exceeded the standard in English (reading and writing); 8% did in math. In grade 11, spring 2023, 8% of the 13 students tested met or exceeded the standard in English, against 55% across California. In math, 8% did, against 27% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

Sources
The sentence above
Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2023 Students: all students tested in grade 11: 13 Comparison: California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 442,128 in English, 440,912 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Mountain Empire Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

How many students reached the top test level here?

In grade 11, spring 2023, no student exceeded the standard in English or math. 92% scored below the standard in English and 92% in math. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

87 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26 (46 of 53), meaning they missed 10% or more of school days. 0 of 59 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

8% of the 13 students tested met or exceeded the standard in English; 8% did in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2023

In grade 11, spring 2023, 8% of the 13 students tested met or exceeded the standard in English, against 55% across California. In math, 8% did, against 27% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

Grades 7 and 8 results are in the source records: Every tested year ↓

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2023
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 13
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 442,128 in English, 440,912 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
Exceeded standardMet standardBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2023 · 13 tested

Exceeded
0%
Met
8%
Below the standard
92%
This school8%
California55%

8% met or exceeded in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2023 · 13 tested

Exceeded
0%
Met
8%
Below the standard
92%
This school8%
California27%

8% met or exceeded in grade 11.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

Have results changed?

English went from 36% to 8% and math from 0% to 8%.

Our comparable history for these grades covers 2022 and 2023 only. More years are needed to show a longer trend.

English · met or exceeded · grade 11

202236%11 tested
→
20238%13 tested

This school

California, same grades55% → 55%2022 → 2023 · 427,007 → 442,128 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grade 11

20220%11 tested
→
20238%13 tested

This school

California, same grades27% → 27%2022 → 2023 · 424,390 → 440,912 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Exceeded, Met, Nearly met and Not met, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2023
StudentsExceededMetNearly metNot metTested
English, grade 11 · This school0%8%46%46%13
English, grade 11 · California26%29%22%23%442,128
Math, grade 11 · This school0%8%7%85%13
Math, grade 11 · California12%15%22%51%440,912

Below the standard combines the state’s two lowest test levels, Nearly met and Not met. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2023. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation and college destinations answer different questions below.

Results since 20222 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2022–2023.

English met or exceeded, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%2022202320238%55%
Math met or exceeded, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%2022202320238%27%

In grade 11, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 36% in 2022 to 8% in 2023. In math, it went from 0% in 2022 to 8% in 2023. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
2015—
Withheld by CDE		—
2016—
Withheld by CDE		—
202236%
11 tested		55%
427,007 tested
20238%
13 tested		55%
442,128 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
2015—
Withheld by CDE		—
2016—
Withheld by CDE		—
20220%
11 tested		27%
424,390 tested
20238%
13 tested		27%
440,912 tested

CDE withholds a year’s results when fewer than 11 students tested, as it did here in 2015 and 2016.

What you can do

Who can act on Hillside Junior/Senior’s results?

Mountain Empire Unified’s board decides Hillside Junior/Senior’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Hillside Junior/Senior in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Mountain Empire Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Mountain Empire Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Mountain Empire Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Mountain Empire Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

85% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 89% across California. 0% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

85%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 17 of 20 students who started 9th grade together

Finished the UC/CSU course list

24%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 4 of 17 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

0% enrolled in college within 12 months · 16 students who finished high school

  • University of California0 · 0%
  • California State University0 · 0%
  • California community college0 · 0%
  • In-state private0 · 0%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year0 · 0%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
  • Not enrolled16 · 100%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 17 of 20 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list
2024–25 · 4 of 17 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

87 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 0 of 59 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 46 of 53 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 59 students enrolled during the year

Chronically absent, 2025–26

87 in 100This school

46 of 53 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 59

students were suspended at least once.

Ask: How does the school bring back students who are missing school, and what has it changed?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Hillside Junior/Senior

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Teach here? Tell us Mountain Empire Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here: 70%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 70%2. White: 25%Unallocated share: 5%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino70%
  2. White25%
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share5%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

81%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 25 of 31. California: 63%.

2teachers, 2024–25

32 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

23%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino70%
White25%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 23% of teaching positions, 0.6 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 3 total position FTE (FTEs as rounded by the source; the share is CDE’s own). This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Mountain Empire Unified which school serves your address.

Office: (619) 473-8693Administrator: Gary Brannon

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
7454 Pine Boulevard, Pine Valley 91962

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Mountain Empire Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 36% in 2022 to 8% in 2023 here; California: 55% to 55%
  2. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  3. How does the school bring back students who are missing school, and what has it changed? 87 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (46 of 53 students)
  4. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
  5. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (619) 473-86937454 Pine Boulevard, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

CDE assessment recordsCDE CAASPP 2026 · every level, as published · raw grade–subject rows

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

All Grades is an aggregate, not another group of students. Same-year grade groups are not matched children. A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

CDE CAASPP test year 2026 · all-students reporting group · publisher grade–subject records.
Grade · subjectStudents tested with scoresProficient or AdvancedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalMean scale score
Grade 8 · ELA · 2026not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
Grade 11 · ELA · 20268suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
All Grades · ELA · 202610suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Grade 8 · Math · 2026not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
Grade 11 · Math · 20268suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
All Grades · Math · 202610suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed

CDE CAASPP 2026: 4 individual grade–subject records; 2 records with a positive known tested count.

2 grade–subject counts unavailable; 4 grade–subject attainment rates unavailable.

Results by gradeEnglish and math · grades 8 and 11 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
EnglishTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or Advanced
Grade 8not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
Grade 118suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or Advanced
Grade 8not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
Grade 118suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English10——
2026 · Math10——
2025 · English9——
2025 · Math9——
2024 · English130%15%
2024 · Math130%0%
2023 · English240%8%
2023 · Math240%8%
2022 · English284%32%
2022 · Math280%4%
2019 · English———
2019 · Math———
2018 · English———
2018 · Math———
2017 · English———
2017 · Math———

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 7 · English——
2025 · Grade 11 · English8—
2025 · Grade 7 · Math——
2025 · Grade 11 · Math8—
2024 · Grade 7 · English——
2024 · Grade 8 · English——
2024 · Grade 11 · English9—
2024 · Grade 7 · Math——
2024 · Grade 8 · Math——
2024 · Grade 11 · Math9—
2023 · Grade 7 · English5—
2023 · Grade 8 · English6—
2023 · Grade 11 · English138%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math5—
2023 · Grade 8 · Math6—
2023 · Grade 11 · Math138%
2022 · Grade 7 · English6—
2022 · Grade 8 · English1118%
2022 · Grade 11 · English1136%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math6—
2022 · Grade 8 · Math110%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math110%
2019 · Grade 11 · English——
2019 · Grade 11 · Math——
2018 · Grade 7 · English——
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
2018 · Grade 11 · English——
2018 · Grade 7 · Math——
2018 · Grade 8 · Math——
2018 · Grade 11 · Math——
2017 · Grade 7 · English——
2017 · Grade 8 · English——
2017 · Grade 11 · English——
2017 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 11 · Math——

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide5————

CAST is California’s science test, reported apart from English and math.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 66 in 100 → 2025–26 · 87 in 100 · +21 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 43 → 2025–26 · 0 of 59 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26
Female59 in 10085 in 100
Male44 in 10089 in 100
Hispanic or Latino53 in 10089 in 100
White44 in 10077 in 100
Low-income57 in 10097 in 100
All students54 in 10087 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offerednot reported
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollment (male/female)not reported
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections0
Chemistry sections0
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)41

Shown, never scored. Participation counts use reported male and female categories in both course and enrollment records. A missing value means not reported, never zero.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California00%
California State University00%
California community college00%
In-state private00%
Out-of-state, 4-year00%
Out-of-state, 2-year00%
Not enrolled16100%

16 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · % = count ÷ all who finished high school (CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort. Missing values are unavailable or suppressed.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,429 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,674 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$283 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 31

Central federal expenditures attributed here$229 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 31

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,242 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 61%Instruction support 9%Student services 13%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$21,887,85860.55%61%
Instruction support$3,382,6079.36%9%
Student services$4,793,32513.26%13%
Administration$2,375,9616.57%7%
Buildings & maintenance$3,164,3658.75%9%
Other$546,9101.51%1%
Total$36,151,025100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $36,151,025 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$15,429 per pupil
2020$14,712 per pupil
2019$14,510 per pupil
2018$7,565 per pupil
2017$8,011 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 91962 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 91962 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$143,094
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)41%
ZIP-area population2,574
Median age50.8 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. See all schools in ZIP code 91962 →

Downloads and methodologyCSV · sources · corrections

Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · staffing and finance name their own sources and years beside each figure · Data updated October 15, 2026.

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