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Alumni: what's one memory from Murrieta Mesa High that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
2,066
High
DISTRICT 1,878 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MURRIETA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060002912289
Murrieta Mesa High
24801 Monroe Ave., Murrieta, CA 92562 · (951) 677-0568 · Riverside County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,066 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of California public high schools
- A-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.
- AThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
1,234 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 492 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 535 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 523 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 516 | 25% |
Student demographics
68%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
78.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.0pp since 2014
Math
38.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.2% | 38.8% | 15.1% | 6.9% |
| Math | 17.1% | 21.5% | 24.6% | 36.8% |
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 | 78.0% | 38.6% |
| 2023-24 | 72.1% | 31.7% |
| 2022-23 | 74.5% | 39.4% |
| 2021-22 | 64.8% | 32.0% |
| 2018-19 | 71.7% | 38.4% |
| 2017-18 | 63.8% | 32.5% |
| 2016-17 | 73.5% | 33.6% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 76.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 Murrieta Mesa High
Murrieta Mesa High's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murrieta Mesa High this school | 2,066 | 59.7% | 55.1% |
| Grossmont High La Mesa | 2,172 | 64.0% | 41.5% |
| Redlands East Valley High Redlands | 1,845 | 60.8% | 50.3% |
| Monterey High Monterey | 1,401 | 58.2% | 44.5% |
| Will C. Wood High Vacaville | 1,671 | 57.8% | 34.0% |
| Fred C. Beyer High Modesto | 1,609 | 62.2% | 44.6% |
Matched among California high 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 Mesa High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #248 of 1,052 | #9 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #289 of 1,056 ▲ 54 | #8 of 60 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #124 of 1,056 ▲ 75 | #5 of 60 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.9pp | #149 of 1,044 | #6 of 59 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,066 | #252 of 2,093 | #30 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #829 of 1,352 | #29 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #177 of 1,351 | #10 of 75 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #1,045 of 1,575 | #76 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #312 of 802 | #18 of 48 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,066
-385 (-16%) vs 2020
+24% since 2010-11, when it was 1,664
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 26.1:1
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 | 2,066 | 94.5 | 21.9:1 | 60% (1,234) |
| 2023-24 | 2,228 | 93.4 | 23.8:1 | 57% (1,260) |
| 2022-23 | 2,178 | 95.3 | 22.9:1 | 51% (1,111) |
| 2020-21 | 2,451 | 94 | 26.1:1 | 35% (864) |
| 2017-18 | 2,414 | 89.3 | 27.0:1 | 35% (841) |
| 2015-16 | 2,219 | 82 | 27.1:1 | 31% (678) |
| 2010-11 | 1,664 | N/A | N/A | 26% (430) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Murrieta Mesa High.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (2,414 to 2,066); teachers up 6% (89.3 to 94.5).
About Murrieta Mesa High
Murrieta Mesa High, a large high school, is located in Murrieta, California. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,066 students. By comparison, high schools in California enroll about 838 students on average.
Murrieta Valley Unified has 21,621 students spread across 20 schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Murrieta Mesa High is Hispanic, with 46% of students. Other groups include 31% White, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 6% Black. The diversity index for Murrieta Mesa High is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 94.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Murrieta Mesa High has a ratio of 21.9:1. The average for high schools in California, 18.2:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Riverside County, the average is 74%.
Murrieta Mesa High earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 91% of California public high schools.
Murrieta Mesa High's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (55.1%) and its predicted rate (44.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
In the surrounding county, Riverside County, the median household earns about $93,074 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Murrieta Mesa High, Riverside County has 543 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Murrieta Mesa High is closest to Shivela Middle, about 0.6 miles away. Murrieta Mesa High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Murrieta Mesa High ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 55.1% against a local average of 49.1%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 2,451 students in 2020-21 to 2,066 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (21.9:1) than in 2020-21 (26.1:1).
On allk12, people connected to Murrieta Mesa High can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,565 students
- Dorothy McElhinney MiddleMiddle · 1,451 students
- Shivela MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
- Cole Canyon ElementaryElementary · 1,038 students
Other schools in Murrieta
- Vista Murrieta HighHigh · 3,328 students
- Murrieta Valley HighHigh · 2,104 students
- Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,565 students
- Dorothy McElhinney MiddleMiddle · 1,451 students
- Shivela MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
- Bella Vista MiddleMiddle · 1,249 students
Nearby schools
- Shivela Middle0.6 mi · 1,282
- Murrieta Elementary0.9 mi · 893
- E. Hale Curran Elementary1.4 mi · 575
- Avaxat Elementary1.6 mi · 617
- Alta Murrieta Elementary1.8 mi · 849
- Murrieta Valley High1.8 mi · 2,104
Frequently asked questions
About Murrieta Mesa HighHow large is Murrieta Mesa High?
Murrieta Mesa High enrolls approximately 2,066 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Murrieta Mesa High serve?
Murrieta Mesa High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Murrieta Mesa High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Murrieta Mesa High is approximately 21.9:1 (94 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Murrieta Mesa High?
Murrieta Mesa High reports a student body of 31% White, 46% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Murrieta Mesa High in?
Murrieta Mesa High is part of Murrieta Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.