Shivela Middle

Shivela Middle is one of the large intermediate schools in Murrieta, California, one of the schools within Murrieta Valley Unified, with 1,282 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 95% above typical.

Shivela Middle is one of 20 schools operated by Murrieta Valley Unified, a district that teaches 21,621 students overall.

On demographics, Shivela Middle reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% White, 11% multiracial, 8% Asian, 7% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 27.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Shivela Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.1%, the actual is 48.6%, a residual of +8.5 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Riverside County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shivela Middle is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Murrieta Mesa High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shivela Middle at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.3%.

Shivela Middle operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 1,425 students in 2018 compared to 1,282 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 36% to 26% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 26.9:1 in 2018 to 27.9:1 in 2025.

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