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Enrollment
1,012
Middle
DISTRICT 950 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEMECULA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060002809501
Temecula Middle
42075 Meadows Pkwy., Temecula, CA 92592 · (951) 302-5151 · Riverside County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,012 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
265 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 304 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 343 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 365 | 36% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
68.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.1pp since 2014
Math
58.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.6% | 40.5% | 20.3% | 11.6% |
| Math | 37.9% | 21.1% | 24.1% | 17.0% |
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 | 68.1% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 52.6% |
| 2022-23 | 62.2% | 44.3% |
| 2021-22 | 65.0% | 40.9% |
| 2018-19 | 67.3% | 52.6% |
| 2017-18 | 61.2% | 51.7% |
| 2016-17 | 60.7% | 54.5% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Temecula Middle
Temecula Middle's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temecula Middle this school | 1,012 | 26.2% | 60.5% |
| Colina Middle Thousand Oaks | 832 | 26.2% | 54.3% |
| Rosedale Middle Bakersfield | 810 | 29.6% | 49.0% |
| Martinez Junior High Martinez | 843 | 32.7% | 51.0% |
| Luther Burbank Middle Burbank | 1,030 | 29.9% | 47.5% |
| Sequoia Middle Newbury Park | 798 | 31.0% | 48.5% |
Matched among California middle 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 Temecula Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #213 of 1,224 | #2 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #184 of 1,227 ▲ 40 | #1 of 78 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #214 of 1,227 ▲ 38 | #3 of 78 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.6pp | #59 of 1,214 | #1 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,012 | #183 of 1,377 | #28 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.3:1 | #1,191 of 1,279 | #70 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #270 of 1,278 | #16 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.2% | #1,173 of 1,329 | #78 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #421 of 930 | #26 of 61 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,012
-72 (-7%) vs 2020
+83% since 1990-91, when it was 553
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 1,012 | 39.9 | 25.3:1 | 26% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 1,029 | 41.3 | 24.9:1 | 31% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 954 | 40 | 23.9:1 | 23% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 1,084 | 45 | 24.1:1 | 23% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 1,226 | 47.9 | 25.6:1 | 21% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 1,203 | 47 | 25.6:1 | 21% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 1,311 | N/A | N/A | 14% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 1,220 | 51 | 23.9:1 | 12% (142) |
| 1990-91 | 553 | 23 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Temecula Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,226 to 1,012); teachers down 17% (47.9 to 39.9).
About Temecula Middle
Located in Temecula, California, Temecula Middle is a high-enrollment middle-grades school. It teaches 1,012 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in California have about 659 students on average; enrollment here is 54% higher.
Temecula Middle falls under Temecula Valley Unified, which has 30 schools enrolling 26,274 students.
White students make up 46% of enrollment at Temecula Middle, the largest share of any group. Next come 33% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 8% Asian. That compares with about 38% White among all Riverside County residents. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at Temecula Middle are from different groups.
The school has 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 25.3 students per teacher. Middle schools in California average 20.7:1, 4.6 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Temecula Middle, 26% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 74% average among public schools in Riverside County.
Temecula Middle's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.5% is 3.7 points below the 64.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Riverside County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 543 public schools in the county, enrolling about 424,872, Temecula Middle among them.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Home INstead INnovation Academy, is the closest to Temecula Middle. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Temecula Middle. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Temecula Middle ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,012, down from 1,084 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 25.3:1, from 24.1:1.
This page is set up for the Temecula Middle community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. 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 Temecula Valley Unified
- Chaparral HighHigh · 3,136 students
- Great Oak HighHigh · 2,946 students
- Temecula Valley HighHigh · 2,739 students
- Bella Vista MiddleMiddle · 1,249 students
- Erle Stanley Gardner MiddleMiddle · 1,008 students
- James L. Day MiddleMiddle · 932 students
Other schools in Temecula
- River Springs CharterCombined · 7,703 students
- Chaparral HighHigh · 3,136 students
- Great Oak HighHigh · 2,946 students
- Temecula Valley HighHigh · 2,739 students
- Empire Springs CharterCombined · 1,854 students
- Elite Academic Academy - LucerneCombined · 1,070 students
Nearby schools
- Home INstead INnovation Academy0.4 mi · 254
- Vintage Hills Elementary0.4 mi · 512
- Paloma Elementary0.5 mi · 547
- Abby Reinke Elementary1.0 mi · 559
- Rancho Vista High1.2 mi · 176
- Susan H. Nelson1.2 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About Temecula MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Temecula Middle?
Temecula Middle enrolls approximately 1,012 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Temecula Middle serve?
Temecula Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Temecula Middle?
Approximately 25.3:1 students per teacher at Temecula Middle.
How diverse is Temecula Middle?
Temecula Middle reports a student body of 46% White, 33% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Temecula Middle?
Temecula Middle is overseen by Temecula Valley Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.