Elsinore High

Elsinore High operates as a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in Wildomar, California, part of Lake Elsinore Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,927 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 130% bigger than typical.

Elsinore High is one of 24 schools operated by Lake Elsinore Unified, a district that hosts 20,539 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Elsinore High records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 19% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Elsinore High has 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Elsinore High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Riverside County) shows that median household earnings sit near $93,074, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Elsinore High is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

William Collier Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Elsinore High comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.1%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Elsinore High's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 2,090 (now 1,927). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 55% to 67% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.