Alamos Elementary

Alamos Elementary operates as a high-enrollment K-5 school in Murrieta, California, one of the schools within Temecula Valley Unified. Current enrollment sits at 799 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Alamos Elementary sits 72% above that benchmark.

Temecula Valley Unified runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 26,274 students. Alamos Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Alamos Elementary reports that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 34% White, 15% Asian, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably less Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Alamos Elementary reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.8:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alamos Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Riverside County shows median household earnings sit near $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Alamos Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bella Vista Middle, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Alamos Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 51.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alamos Elementary has contracted 6%, going from 854 students in 2018 to 799 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.