Hillside Elementary School

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Hillside Elementary School is a now-closed public elementary school located in the hills section of Berkeley, California. It sits on the block bounded by Le Roy Avenue, Buena Vista Way and La Loma Avenue. Hillside is registered as a local historic landmark. The present structure was built after the 1923 Berkeley fire destroyed its predecessor, located on the southwest corner of Le Roy and Virginia Street. Hillside was closed both because of a declining school age population and because it sits immediately adjacent to the Hayward Fault which runs behind it on La Loma Avenue. The school's playground is used as a de facto neighborhood park.