School district · San Mateo County

Hillsborough City Elementary schools

Hillsborough City Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 3 public elementary schools run from the 97th to the 99th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). High school is run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.

Elementary · 3 schools

from 97th to 99th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • North Hillsborough: 99th percentile, Strong
  • South Hillsborough: 98th percentile, Strong
  • West Hillsborough: 97th percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
3Strong

Middle · 1 school

at 98th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Crocker Middle: 98th percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
1Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level.

Schools around the Hillsborough City Elementary district

4 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in the Hillsborough City Elementary district score highest?

North Hillsborough is highest, at the 99th percentile.

That’s higher than 99 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Hillsborough City Elementary district

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Context

The average elementary school in the Hillsborough City Elementary district had 2 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

Middle schools

Where does the middle school we score in the Hillsborough City Elementary district stand?

Crocker Middle is at the 98th percentile.

That’s higher than 98 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Hillsborough City Elementary.

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

The district

Where does Hillsborough City Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?

The Hillsborough City Elementary district spent $32,531 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 70 cents of every Hillsborough City Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction70%
  • Instruction support10%
  • Student services4%
  • Administration7%
  • Buildings & maintenance9%

Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.

What the district plans

$606,995

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 17 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 1% of its $40.8 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 74 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 60% of the money. The plan itself puts 24% of it toward staff.

  • English Learner Support and Progress Monitoring $142,668
  • Mathematics Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices $120,072
  • ELA Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices $103,297
  • 14 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

4 of the plan’s 17 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners
  • Reading $103,297
  • Math $120,072
  • Catch-up help $6,215
  • English learners $142,668

Largest of these

  • English Learner Support and Progress Monitoring$142,668
  • Mathematics Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices$120,072
  • ELA Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices$103,297
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students

It plans $140,701 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $140,265 and estimates it spent $143,068, $2,803 (2%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $127,197 (27%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Mathematics Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices, which went from $49,531 to $120,072.

Largest cuts

  • Academic Intervention−⁠$15,998
  • Multi-Tiered System of Support - SEL−⁠$12,000
  • Inclusive Instruction for Gifted Learners−⁠$6,525

Largest increases

  • Mathematics Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices+⁠$70,541
  • Elective and Specialist Courses Instructional Materials and Inclusive Practices+⁠$35,260
  • Science Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices+⁠$29,486

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Staff Well-Being$11,600
  • Implementation of SEL Program - Crocker$2,999
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan$1,800

Ask: What did Academic Intervention pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $15,998 less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 385%86%up 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 386%86%no change
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 43 in 1003 in 100no change
Suspended at least onceGoals 2 and 30.6%0.9%up 0.3 pts

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • English Learner Support and Progress Monitoring · $142,668
  • Mathematics Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices · $120,072
  • ELA Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices · $103,297
The full plan4 goals, 27 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($606,995).

Where does the money go?

96% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1By the end of the 2027 academic year, 90% of all students in HCSD will score proficient (level 3) or advanced…$581,99996% of action budgets

“By the end of the 2027 academic year, 90% of all students in HCSD will score proficient (level 3) or advanced (level 4) on state metrics in ELA, math, and science and Students with Disabilities will see improved academic outcomes in all areas. Currently, approximately 83.5% of all students were proficient or advanced on the CAASPP assessment in ELA and approximately 86% of students were proficient or advanced on the CAASPP assessment in math. Currently, almost 81% of students were proficient or advanced on the California Science Test. Additionally, on the California School Dashboard, all student groups will remain within one performance indicator of overall student achievement in ELA and math. There is not yet an indicator on the dashboard for science. Academic achievement for Students with Disabilities is further highlighted in Goal 3” p. 12 ↗

11 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. English Learner Support and Progress Monitoring$142,668action 1.11 · p. 36 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Mathematics Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices$120,072action 1.3 · p. 36 ↗
  3. ELA Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices$103,297action 1.1 · p. 36 ↗
  4. Science Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices$59,947action 1.2 · p. 36 ↗
  5. Multi-Tiered System of Support and Progress Monitoring - Academics$52,556action 1.8 · p. 36 ↗

6 more funded actions in this goal

  • Elective and Specialist Courses Instructional Materials and Inclusive Practices · action 1.7 · p. 36 ↗$45,939
  • Inclusive Instructional Design · action 1.6 · p. 36 ↗$25,000
  • Social Studies Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices · action 1.4 · p. 36 ↗$15,805
  • Academic Intervention · action 1.13 · p. 37 ↗$6,215
  • Supporting HCSD New Hires · action 1.12 · p. 36 ↗$5,500
  • Inclusive Instruction for Gifted Learners · action 1.9 · p. 36 ↗$5,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Mathematics Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices+⁠$70,541$49,531 → $120,072 · p. 36 ↗
  2. Elective and Specialist Courses Instructional Materials and Inclusive Practices+⁠$35,260$10,678 → $45,939 · p. 36 ↗
  3. Science Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices+⁠$29,486$30,461 → $59,947 · p. 36 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • English Learner Support and Progress Monitoring · $138,265 → $142,668 · p. 36 ↗+⁠$4,403
  • ELA Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices · $83,240 → $103,297 · p. 36 ↗+⁠$20,057
  • Multi-Tiered System of Support and Progress Monitoring - Academics · $56,788 → $52,556 · p. 36 ↗−⁠$4,233
  • Inclusive Instructional Design · $12,270 → $25,000 · p. 36 ↗+⁠$12,730
  • Social Studies Instructional Materials Implementation and Inclusive Practices · $9,091 → $15,805 · p. 36 ↗+⁠$6,714
  • Academic Intervention · $22,213 → $6,215 · p. 37 ↗−⁠$15,998
  • Supporting HCSD New Hires · $6,972 → $5,500 · p. 36 ↗−⁠$1,472
  • Inclusive Instruction for Gifted Learners · $11,525 → $5,000 · p. 36 ↗−⁠$6,525

How the plan measures it · 14 measures · 3 quoted

  • Meeting or Exceeding Standard on CAASPP ELA p. 13 ↗
    Baseline
    83.45% of all students meeting or exceeding standard on CAASPP ELA (2022-2023)
    Target for year 3
    90% of all students meeting or exceeding standard on CAASPP ELA (2025-2026)
  • Meeting or Exceeding Standard on CAASPP Math p. 14 ↗
    Baseline
    86.31% of all students meeting or exceeding standard on CAASPP Math (2022-2023)
    Target for year 3
    90% of all students meeting or exceeding standard on CAASPP Math (2025-2026)
  • Meeting or Exceeding Standard on CAASPP Science p. 14 ↗
    Baseline
    80.68% of all students meeting or exceeding standard on CAASPP Science (2022-2023)
    Target for year 3
    90% of all students meeting or exceeding standard on CAASPP Science (2025-2026)

11 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2HCSD will continue to support the social-emotional well-being of students and staff through professional…$23,3964% of action budgets

“HCSD will continue to support the social-emotional well-being of students and staff through professional development and curriculum implementation” p. 21 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $20,996 (+⁠$2,400)

Largest funded actions

  1. Staff Well-Being$11,600action 2.6 · p. 37 ↗
  2. Implementation of SEL Program - Elementary$5,997action 2.2 · p. 37 ↗
  3. Implementation of SEL Program - Crocker$2,999action 2.1 · p. 37 ↗
  4. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan$1,800action 2.5 · p. 37 ↗
  5. Multi-Tiered System of Support - SEL$1,000action 2.3 · p. 37 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Multi-Tiered System of Support - SEL−⁠$12,000$13,000 → $1,000 · p. 37 ↗
  2. Implementation of SEL Program - Elementary−⁠$3$6,000 → $5,997 · p. 37 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Staff Well-Being · $11,600 · p. 37 ↗new or renamed
  • Implementation of SEL Program - Crocker · $2,999 · p. 37 ↗new or renamed
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan · $1,800 · p. 37 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 6 measures · 2 quoted

  • Suspension Rates - All Students p. 21 ↗
    Baseline
    1.1% Suspension Rate - All Students (2023 CA School Dashboard)
    Target for year 3
    0% Suspension Rate - All Students (2026 CA School Dashboard)
  • Expulsion Rate - Crocker Middle School p. 21 ↗
    Baseline
    0.0% Expusion Rate - Crocker Middle School (2022-2023 DataQuest Expulsion Rate Report)
    Target for year 3
    0.0% Expusion Rate - Crocker Middle School (2025-2026 DataQuest Expulsion Rate Report)

4 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3 · Focus GoalBy the end of the 2027 academic year, HCSD will reduce academic performance discrepancies in ELA, Math, and…$1,600under 1% of action budgets

“By the end of the 2027 academic year, HCSD will reduce academic performance discrepancies in ELA, Math, and Science between students with disabilities and students without identified disabilities. Students with disabilities will receive a green or blue academic performance indicator on the California School Dashboard in both ELA and Math and a minimum of 60% of students with disabilities will score proficient or advanced on the California Science test. By the end of 2027, students with disabilities will receive a green or blue performance indicator for suspensions on the California School Dashboard. Currently, students with disabilities are receiving the following: • CA School Dashboard ELA - Orange • CA School Dashboard Math - Yellow • California Science Test Meets/​Exceeds Standard - 44.83% • CA School Dashboard Suspension Rate - Orange” p. 25 ↗

1 funded action · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Inclusive Instructional Practices Professional Development - Focus on Students with Disabilities$1,600action 3.2 · p. 37 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Inclusive Instructional Practices Professional Development - Focus on Students with Disabilities · $1,600 · p. 37 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 25 ↗.

Goal 4 · Focus GoalBy the end of the 2027 academic year, all schools and identified student groups within those schools and…$00% of action budgets

“By the end of the 2027 academic year, all schools and identified student groups within those schools and throughout HCSD will receive a yellow, green, or blue chronic absenteeism indicator on the California School Dashboard. Currently, the following groups are receiving a red or orange indicator: • HCSD - (none) Red and (All Students, Asian, English Learners, Two or More Races, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, and White) Orange • Crocker Middle - (none) Red and (Asian and Two or More Races) Orange • North Hillsborough - (none) Red and (All Students, Asian, and White) Orange • South Hillsborough - (none) Red and (All Students, Asian, and White) Orange • West Hillsborough - (All Students) Red and (Asian, Two or More Races, and White) Orange” p. 29 ↗

No funded actions in this plan · 2025–26 plan: $4,000 (−⁠$4,000)

How the plan measures it · 3 measures · 1 quoted

  • Chronic Absenteeism Rates - All Students p. 29 ↗
    Baseline
    9.2% Chronic Absenteeism Rate (2023 CA School Dashboard)
    Target for year 3
    0% Chronic Absenteeism Rate (2026 CA School Dashboard)

2 more measures in the plan’s table.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 1,241 students
1. White: 41%2. Asian: 36%3. Two or more races: 14%4. Hispanic or Latino: 7%5. Filipino: 2%6. Black or African American: <1%7. Pacific Islander: <1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. White41%
  2. Asian36%
  3. Two or more races14%
  4. Hispanic or Latino7%
  5. Filipino2%
  6. Black or African American<1%
  7. Pacific Islander<1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  9. Not reported0%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.

Free or reduced-price meals

3%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 42 of 1,239 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The district’s state records

Is the state giving the district extra help?

Hillsborough City Elementary isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

Which places nearby can you look at next?

Cities in the district

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Districts nearby

Common questions

Which public schools in the Hillsborough City Elementary district rank highest?

Elementary: North Hillsborough, 99th percentile (Strong). Middle: Crocker Middle, 98th percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in the Hillsborough City Elementary district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in the Hillsborough City Elementary district good?

Hillsborough City Elementary’s 3 public elementary schools run from the 97th to the 99th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Strong. Hillsborough City Elementary has one public middle school we score, Crocker Middle, at the 98th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in the Hillsborough City Elementary district compare with California?

The average elementary school in the Hillsborough City Elementary district had 2 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does the Hillsborough City Elementary district spend per student?

The Hillsborough City Elementary district spent $32,531 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 70 cents of every Hillsborough City Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

What is in the Hillsborough City Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $606,995 into 17 funded actions in 4 goals, 1% of its $40.8 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $581,999, 96% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by the Hillsborough City Elementary district, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

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