Hilltop Nursery School is a parent-participation cooperative preschool founded in 1951. Parents and staff have worked hard to meet the changing needs of the family and to provide quality, professional early childhood education. Hilltop Nursery School (“Hilltop”) is a 501 (c)(3), nonprofit parent cooperative child care and family development center.  Since our inception in 1951, Hilltop’s mission has been to provide affordable, high-quality child care and familial support to the ethnically and economically diverse communities of northeastern Los Angeles regardless of their capacity to pay full tuition. Our “mixed income” model is central to our philosophy of promoting respect, community building and understanding and gives access to benefit from our high-quality program.