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What's the most underrated thing about Murrieta Valley High that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
2,104
High
DISTRICT 1,878 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MURRIETA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060002909685
Murrieta Valley High
42200 Nighthawk Way, Murrieta, CA 92562 · (951) 696-1408 · Riverside County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,104 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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.
- B-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
982 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 | 544 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 517 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 528 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 515 | 24% |
Student demographics
64%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
77.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.9pp since 2014
Math
37.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 44.2% | 32.9% | 15.0% | 7.9% |
| Math | 15.6% | 22.3% | 28.2% | 33.9% |
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 | 77.1% | 37.9% |
| 2023-24 | 78.6% | 45.8% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 36.5% |
| 2021-22 | 73.5% | 38.3% |
| 2018-19 | 73.6% | 45.9% |
| 2017-18 | 66.2% | 36.8% |
| 2016-17 | 78.7% | 36.4% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 80.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
59.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Valley High
Murrieta Valley High's state test result (59.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murrieta Valley High this school | 2,104 | 46.7% | 59.9% |
| Vacaville High Vacaville | 2,044 | 45.4% | 40.0% |
| Dos Pueblos Senior High Goleta | 2,149 | 43.9% | 57.4% |
| Centennial High Bakersfield | 2,212 | 44.5% | 50.5% |
| Casa Grande High Petaluma | 1,653 | 48.6% | 47.3% |
| Arroyo Grande High Arroyo Grande | 2,012 | 47.2% | 50.5% |
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 Valley High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #179 of 1,052 | #5 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #300 of 1,056 ▼ 110 | #9 of 60 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #136 of 1,056 ▼ 27 | #6 of 60 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #552 of 1,044 | #35 of 59 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,104 | #232 of 2,093 | #25 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #926 of 1,352 | #35 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #277 of 1,351 | #13 of 75 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #1,212 of 1,575 | #84 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #397 of 802 | #24 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
2,104
-198 (-9%) vs 2020
+654% since 1990-91, when it was 279
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 2,104 | 93.7 | 22.4:1 | 47% (982) |
| 2023-24 | 2,173 | 93.1 | 23.3:1 | 45% (979) |
| 2022-23 | 2,230 | 95.7 | 23.3:1 | 42% (926) |
| 2020-21 | 2,302 | 92 | 25.0:1 | 28% (636) |
| 2017-18 | 2,386 | 96.2 | 24.8:1 | 25% (590) |
| 2015-16 | 2,486 | 93 | 26.7:1 | 19% (476) |
| 2010-11 | 2,489 | N/A | N/A | 17% (430) |
| 2000-01 | 3,165 | 133 | 23.8:1 | 10% (330) |
| 1990-91 | 279 | 16 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Murrieta Valley High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (2,386 to 2,104); teachers down 3% (96.2 to 93.7).
About Murrieta Valley High
Murrieta Valley High is a high-enrollment high school in Murrieta Valley Unified, located in Murrieta, California. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 2,104 students. An average school in this group (high schools in California) has about 838 students.
Murrieta Valley Unified has 20 schools; together they serve 21,621 students.
White students form the largest group at Murrieta Valley High, 42% of enrollment. Other groups make up 41% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. By the diversity index, Murrieta Valley High comes in at 64%.
Its teaching staff equals 93.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 22.4:1. For comparison, high schools in California average 18.2:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 47%. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County is 27 points.
allk12 grades Murrieta Valley High an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 52.2% at Murrieta Valley High; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 59.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Riverside County show that median household income is about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Murrieta Valley High is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County, which together enroll about 424,872 students.
The nearest other public school, Thompson Middle, is about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Murrieta Valley High. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Murrieta Valley High ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Murrieta Valley High as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 2,302 in 2020-21 and 2,104 in 2024-25, a decrease of 198 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.0:1 in 2020-21 to 22.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Mesa HighHigh · 2,066 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 Mesa HighHigh · 2,066 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
- Thompson Middle0.2 mi · 1,565
- Murrieta Options Academy0.2 mi · 12
- Murrieta Canyon Academy0.2 mi · 296
- Murrieta Elementary1.1 mi · 893
- Cole Canyon Elementary1.3 mi · 1,038
- E. Hale Curran Elementary1.5 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About Murrieta Valley HighHow many students attend Murrieta Valley High?
Murrieta Valley High enrolls approximately 2,104 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Murrieta Valley High serve?
Murrieta Valley High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Murrieta Valley High have?
Murrieta Valley High employs 94 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Murrieta Valley High?
Student demographics at Murrieta Valley High are roughly 42% White, 41% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Murrieta Valley High in?
Murrieta Valley High is part of Murrieta Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.