Menifee Valley Middle

Menifee Valley Middle, a moderately sized junior high in Menifee, California, one of the schools within Menifee Union, hosts 941 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 43% above typical.

Across the 17 schools in Menifee Union (12,247 students total), Menifee Valley Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Menifee Valley Middle reports that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 22% White, 16% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Asian. Compared to Riverside County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at Menifee Valley Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Menifee Valley Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.3%; this one delivers 39.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Menifee Valley Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Paloma Valley High, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Menifee Valley Middle. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Menifee Valley Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Menifee Valley Middle has fell 20%, going from 1,169 students in 2018 to 941 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 37% to 22%.

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