Hillcrest Drive Elementary
4041 Hillcrest Dr., Los Angeles, 90008 (Schools in Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw)
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Student body
Faculty
- Total teachers: 52
- Median teacher experience: 11 years
- Student-teacher ratio: 15:1 ?
Source: 2008, 2009 state data
Schoolwide Performance
Academic Performance Index (API)
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Students scoring "proficient" or above:
2012
2011
2010
2009
Missed five of 21 federal targets for 2012
Missed 10 of 21 federal targets for 2011
Missed seven of 21 federal targets for 2010
Missed 10 of 21 federal targets for 2009
Missed six of 21 federal targets for 2008
Missed nine of 21 federal targets for 2007
Magnet: Hillcrest Music Magnet
Students scoring proficient or above:
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Two comments about Hillcrest Drive Elementary
After someone exterminates the grounds for roaches and rodents, it would be great to paint up the numbers on the ground where children are suppose to line up. It would have sent an incredible "We care" type of message if someone would have at least done this for the first day of school. If you can't do the little things, how can you be counted on to do something so major as educating children?
HILLCREST is far below substandard. It's Jonathan Kozol's Savage inequalities at its best ...
To increase the academic performance, funds need to be allocated to pay or reward students for higher grades in an operationally defined program; mathematically designed to optimize student participation.
A pilot study would most likely illustrate the efficacy of such a program.
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