Hilltop Drive Elementary School

K–12 SchoolsVerified

About

Hilltop Drive Elementary School in Chula Vista serves approximately 509 students in grades K through 6 at 30 Murray Street in the 91910 ZIP code, within the Chula Vista Elementary School District. The Hilltop Drive Knights emphasize standards-based instruction across a 22:1 student-teacher ratio, with 41% math proficiency and 50% reading proficiency on CAASPP assessments, and academic research skills reinforced through partnerships with district literacy resources including Learning Resource Center and Library. Title I Schoolwide designation directs supplemental federal funding toward the campus's 62% economically disadvantaged enrollment, and CVESD's LEAD program delivers free after-school enrichment in robotics, music, and sports through the Expanded Learning Opportunities Program. The campus feeds early-childhood learners from neighborhood preschool programs such as La Petite Academy of Chula Vista, transitioning four- and five-year-olds into the district's transitional kindergarten track on a year-round calendar. Murray Street places the school in the central Chula Vista hilltop residential zone between Third Avenue and Hilltop Drive, within walking distance of the J Street commercial corridor.