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Enrollment
951
Middle
DISTRICT 989 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE ELSINORE UNIFIED·NCES 060002710588
Canyon Lake Middle
33005 Canyon Hills Rd., Lake Elsinore, CA 92532 · (951) 253-7790 · Riverside County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL951 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
567 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 305 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 321 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 325 | 34% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
53.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.0pp since 2014
Math
29.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.0% | 38.0% | 25.9% | 21.1% |
| Math | 10.5% | 18.7% | 28.9% | 41.9% |
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 | 53.0% | 29.2% |
| 2023-24 | 51.1% | 27.2% |
| 2022-23 | 45.7% | 25.9% |
| 2021-22 | 52.3% | 28.8% |
| 2020-21 | 66.0% | 44.7% |
| 2018-19 | 55.7% | 35.5% |
| 2017-18 | 55.3% | 35.0% |
| 2016-17 | 53.5% | 34.7% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Canyon Lake Middle
Canyon Lake Middle's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Lake Middle this school | 951 | 59.6% | 40.1% |
| Louis Armstrong Middle Sherman Oaks | 1,174 | 62.5% | 47.7% |
| Citrus Hills Intermediate Corona | 919 | 64.9% | 44.7% |
| Moore Middle Redlands | 988 | 57.3% | 43.4% |
| Frank Augustus Miller Middle Riverside | 844 | 56.9% | 55.4% |
| Amelia Earhart Middle Riverside | 743 | 56.1% | 52.1% |
Matched among California middle 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 Canyon Lake Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #514 of 1,224 | #21 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #615 of 1,227 ▼ 4 | #26 of 78 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #431 of 1,227 ▼ 12 | #19 of 78 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #786 of 1,214 | #53 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 951 | #246 of 1,377 | #39 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #1,064 of 1,279 | #57 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #332 of 1,278 | #19 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.6% | #835 of 1,329 | #67 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #592 of 930 | #38 of 61 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
951
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 1,193
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 951 | 39.8 | 23.9:1 | 60% (567) |
| 2023-24 | 970 | 40 | 24.3:1 | 51% (499) |
| 2022-23 | 955 | 40.7 | 23.5:1 | 51% (486) |
| 2020-21 | 944 | 42 | 22.5:1 | 51% (486) |
| 2017-18 | 1,080 | 43.4 | 24.9:1 | 52% (560) |
| 2015-16 | 1,154 | 43 | 26.8:1 | 53% (606) |
| 2010-11 | 1,193 | N/A | N/A | 40% (481) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canyon Lake Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,080 to 951); teachers down 8% (43.4 to 39.8).
About Canyon Lake Middle
Canyon Lake Middle is a public middle school run by Lake Elsinore Unified in Lake Elsinore, California. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 951 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 659 students for middle schools in California.
The district, Lake Elsinore Unified, operates 24 schools serving 20,539 students.
At Canyon Lake Middle, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 47%. The remaining students are 36% White, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Riverside County residents are about 51% Hispanic, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
On staff are 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.9:1. Middle schools in California average 20.7:1, 3.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Canyon Lake Middle has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 60%. That is lower than the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County.
Among California public middle schools, Canyon Lake Middle outscored 48%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Canyon Lake Middle would be expected to post about 44.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.1%.
In the surrounding county, Riverside County, median household income comes to about $93,074, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 543 public schools and about 424,872 students.
Canyon Lake Middle's closest public school neighbor is Cottonwood Canyon Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Canyon Lake Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Canyon Lake Middle ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 40.1% versus a 46.4% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (944) to 2024-25 (951). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 22.5:1 to 23.9:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Canyon Lake Middle. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Lake Elsinore Unified
- Temescal Canyon HighHigh · 2,373 students
- Elsinore HighHigh · 1,927 students
- Lakeside HighHigh · 1,687 students
- David A. Brown MiddleMiddle · 1,030 students
- Terra Cotta MiddleMiddle · 1,026 students
- Elsinore MiddleMiddle · 947 students
Other schools in Lake Elsinore
- Temescal Canyon HighHigh · 2,373 students
- Lakeside HighHigh · 1,687 students
- Terra Cotta MiddleMiddle · 1,026 students
- Elsinore MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Lakeland VillageElementary · 909 students
- Railroad Canyon ElementaryElementary · 873 students
Nearby schools
- Cottonwood Canyon Elementary0.2 mi · 813
- Herk Bouris Elementary1.2 mi · 734
- Taawila Elementary2.7 mi · 803
- Kathryn Newport Middle2.7 mi · 965
- Quail Valley Elementary2.7 mi · 528
- Tuscany Hills Elementary2.7 mi · 606
Frequently asked questions
About Canyon Lake MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Canyon Lake Middle?
Canyon Lake Middle enrolls approximately 951 students in grades 06-08.
Is Canyon Lake Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Canyon Lake Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Canyon Lake Middle?
Approximately 23.9:1 students per teacher at Canyon Lake Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Canyon Lake Middle?
At Canyon Lake Middle, the student body is approximately 36% White, 47% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Canyon Lake Middle public or private?
Canyon Lake Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Elsinore Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.