Academics
Hilltop is one of the successful schools in the Sweetwater District in its achievements in Academic League and Academic Decathlon competition. In 2000, Hilltop was the first school south of the Interstate 8 freeway to win the San Diego County Academic Decathlon. The Decathlon team won 3 straight county championships from 2000–2002 and won the county title again in 2009. The Academic League team won the county championship in 2000. Hilltop was named a California Distinguished School in 2005 and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
In the 2006-2007 school year, the graduation rate was 93.3%.
Hilltop has the highest number of AP courses available to all students and the highest AP pass rate out of the entire SUHSD at 72.8%. Since the 1999-2000 school year, there has been a 25% increase in exams taken, a 7% increase in the overall pass rate, and a 30% increase in the total number of students testing.
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