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What's one thing Alta Murrieta Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
849
Elementary
DISTRICT 797 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MURRIETA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060002909509
Alta Murrieta Elementary
39475 Whitewood Rd., Murrieta, CA 92563 · (951) 696-1403 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL849 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
514 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 173 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 172 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (173) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
66.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.6pp since 2014
Math
61.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 37.9% | 28.7% | 22.0% | 11.4% |
| Math | 35.3% | 25.9% | 23.8% | 14.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.6% | 61.2% |
| 2023-24 | 56.1% | 50.9% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 51.1% |
| 2021-22 | 57.4% | 51.6% |
| 2018-19 | 68.5% | 65.5% |
| 2017-18 | 69.1% | 59.4% |
| 2016-17 | 61.4% | 56.5% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 53.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alta Murrieta Elementary
Alta Murrieta Elementary's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Murrieta Elementary this school | 849 | 60.5% | 58.7% |
| Southshore Elementary Menifee | 843 | 59.3% | 41.6% |
| Monte Vista Elementary Murrieta | 769 | 59.4% | 50.4% |
| Daniel N. Buchanan Elementary Murrieta | 828 | 62.3% | 52.5% |
| Sandra Tovar Medeiros Elementary Turlock | 753 | 59.2% | 40.9% |
| Orange Elementary Corona | 746 | 63.1% | 49.3% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alta Murrieta Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #1,185 of 5,151 | #24 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #1,006 of 5,172 ▲ 456 | #15 of 283 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #926 of 5,172 ▲ 553 | #17 of 283 ▲ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.4pp | #686 of 5,116 | #26 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 849 | #256 of 5,915 | #35 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,934 of 5,352 | #217 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #1,122 of 5,354 | #44 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.5% | #3,456 of 5,625 | #242 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #1,108 of 1,139 | #65 of 66 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
849
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 24.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 849 | 35 | 24.3:1 | 61% (514) |
| 2023-24 | 903 | 35.7 | 25.3:1 | 58% (521) |
| 2022-23 | 881 | 34 | 25.9:1 | 50% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 848 | 34 | 24.9:1 | 39% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 846 | 32 | 26.4:1 | 45% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 797 | 28 | 28.5:1 | 37% (296) |
| 2010-11 | 649 | N/A | N/A | 34% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 1,041 | 51 | 20.4:1 | 27% (277) |
| 1990-91 | 643 | 26 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alta Murrieta Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (846 to 849); teachers up 9% (32 to 35).
About Alta Murrieta Elementary
Alta Murrieta Elementary is an elementary school in Murrieta, California, according to federal school records. Enrollment totals 849 students across kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Murrieta Valley Unified enrolls 21,621 students, and its 20 schools include Alta Murrieta Elementary.
No group is above 50% at Alta Murrieta Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 49%. The school is also 30% White, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among Riverside County residents, the Hispanic share is about 51%. The diversity index for Alta Murrieta Elementary is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Alta Murrieta Elementary comes to 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 24.3:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. On the income side, 61% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 74% average among public schools in Riverside County.
Among California public elementary schools, Alta Murrieta Elementary outscored 93%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
A school in California with Alta Murrieta Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 44.1%. Alta Murrieta Elementary scores 58.7%.
For Riverside County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $93,074 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Alta Murrieta Elementary, Riverside County has 543 public schools.
Rail Ranch Elementary, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Alta Murrieta Elementary ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Alta Murrieta Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 849, starting from 848.
Alta Murrieta Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Murrieta Valley Unified
- Vista Murrieta HighHigh · 3,328 students
- Murrieta Valley HighHigh · 2,104 students
- Murrieta Mesa HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,565 students
- Dorothy McElhinney MiddleMiddle · 1,451 students
- Shivela MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
Other schools in Murrieta
- Vista Murrieta HighHigh · 3,328 students
- Murrieta Valley HighHigh · 2,104 students
- Murrieta Mesa HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,565 students
- Dorothy McElhinney MiddleMiddle · 1,451 students
- Shivela MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
Nearby schools
- Rail Ranch Elementary0.9 mi · 603
- Daniel N. Buchanan Elementary1.4 mi · 828
- Monte Vista Elementary1.6 mi · 769
- Warm Springs Middle1.6 mi · 755
- Avaxat Elementary1.7 mi · 617
- Shivela Middle1.7 mi · 1,282
Frequently asked questions
About Alta Murrieta ElementaryHow large is Alta Murrieta Elementary?
Alta Murrieta Elementary enrolls approximately 849 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Alta Murrieta Elementary serve?
Alta Murrieta Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Alta Murrieta Elementary have?
Alta Murrieta Elementary employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alta Murrieta Elementary?
At Alta Murrieta Elementary, the student body is approximately 30% White, 49% Hispanic, 4% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Alta Murrieta Elementary public or private?
Alta Murrieta Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Murrieta Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.