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Enrollment
893
Elementary
DISTRICT 797 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MURRIETA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060002909507
Murrieta Elementary
24725 Adams Ave., Murrieta, CA 92562 · (951) 696-1401 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL893 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
25.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
536 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 | 178 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 172 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 151 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 153 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (178) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (153).
Student demographics
65%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
57.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.7pp since 2014
Math
55.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.6% | 30.1% | 22.2% | 20.1% |
| Math | 22.3% | 33.1% | 24.8% | 19.8% |
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 | 57.7% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 49.9% | 49.2% |
| 2022-23 | 41.6% | 42.1% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 38.0% |
| 2018-19 | 66.0% | 58.5% |
| 2017-18 | 62.4% | 54.8% |
| 2016-17 | 53.8% | 47.4% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Murrieta Elementary
Murrieta Elementary's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murrieta Elementary this school | 893 | 60.0% | 53.0% |
| Southshore Elementary Menifee | 843 | 59.3% | 41.6% |
| Rio Vista School of Applied Learning Apple Valley | 927 | 63.0% | 31.4% |
| Alta Murrieta Elementary Murrieta | 849 | 60.5% | 58.7% |
| Herk Bouris Elementary Lake Elsinore | 734 | 61.3% | 51.5% |
| Monte Vista Elementary Murrieta | 769 | 59.4% | 50.4% |
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 Murrieta Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,515 of 5,151 | #42 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,287 of 5,172 ▲ 281 | #27 of 283 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #1,487 of 5,172 ▲ 418 | #50 of 283 ▲ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.1pp | #110 of 5,116 | #3 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 893 | #174 of 5,915 | #26 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.9:1 | #4,805 of 5,352 | #274 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #1,313 of 5,354 | #54 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.0% | #3,482 of 5,625 | #244 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #971 of 1,139 | #53 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
893
-4 (0%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
25.9:1
was 28.0:1
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 | 893 | 34.5 | 25.9:1 | 60% (536) |
| 2023-24 | 904 | 35 | 25.8:1 | 60% (541) |
| 2022-23 | 919 | 34 | 27.0:1 | 59% (540) |
| 2020-21 | 897 | 32 | 28.0:1 | 42% (375) |
| 2017-18 | 876 | 31.7 | 27.6:1 | 45% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 833 | 29 | 28.7:1 | 43% (360) |
| 2010-11 | 951 | N/A | N/A | 36% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 651 | 33 | 19.7:1 | 20% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 24 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Murrieta Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (876 to 893); teachers up 9% (31.7 to 34.5).
About Murrieta Elementary
Murrieta Elementary is the name of a high-enrollment elementary school in Murrieta, California. The school enrolls 893 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
The 20 schools in Murrieta Valley Unified enroll 21,621 students altogether, Murrieta Elementary among them.
Murrieta Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 48%. It is also 33% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Asian. That is close to the 51% Hispanic share among all Riverside County residents. By the diversity index, Murrieta Elementary comes in at 65%.
Federal data list 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Murrieta Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 25.9:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. The lunch program counts 60% of students at Murrieta Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 74% average among public schools in Riverside County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Murrieta Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 44.4% for a school in California with Murrieta Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Murrieta Elementary posts 53.0%.
Murrieta Elementary is located in Riverside County, where median household income is about $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Murrieta Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County, which together enroll about 424,872 students.
The closest public school, Murrieta Mesa High, is about 0.9 miles from Murrieta Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Murrieta Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 897 to 893. Students per teacher fell from 28.0 in 2020-21 to 25.9 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Murrieta Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Murrieta Mesa High0.9 mi · 2,066
- Murrieta Valley High1.1 mi · 2,104
- Murrieta Options Academy1.1 mi · 12
- Murrieta Canyon Academy1.1 mi · 296
- Thompson Middle1.3 mi · 1,565
- Shivela Middle1.4 mi · 1,282
Frequently asked questions
About Murrieta ElementaryHow large is Murrieta Elementary?
Murrieta Elementary enrolls approximately 893 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Murrieta Elementary serve?
Murrieta Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Murrieta Elementary?
Approximately 25.9:1 students per teacher at Murrieta Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Murrieta Elementary?
At Murrieta Elementary, the student body is approximately 33% White, 48% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Murrieta Elementary public or private?
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.