Great Oak High

Great Oak High is one of the well-populated senior highs in Temecula, California, operated by Temecula Valley Unified, with 2,946 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 252% larger than typical.

Across the 30 schools in Temecula Valley Unified (26,274 students total), Great Oak High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Great Oak High shows that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 32% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 11% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Riverside County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 118 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 25% of students at Great Oak High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Riverside County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Great Oak High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.9%, the actual is 61.4%, a residual of -3.4 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Riverside County) logs that median household income runs about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Great Oak High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Helen Hunt Jackson Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Great Oak High at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 3,255 students in 2018 compared to 2,946 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 25.0:1 in 2025.

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