Temescal Canyon High

Temescal Canyon High is a well-populated high school in Lake Elsinore, California, overseen by Lake Elsinore Unified. The school serves 2,373 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 183% above the state mean of about 838.

Lake Elsinore Unified comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 20,539 students; Temescal Canyon High is among them.

In terms of who attends, Temescal Canyon High shows that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 25% White, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at school resources, Temescal Canyon High records 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Temescal Canyon High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.1%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of +3.4 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Riverside County put median household income runs about $93,074, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Temescal Canyon High is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Nearest neighbor: Keith McCarthy Academy, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Temescal Canyon High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.3%.

Temescal Canyon High operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Temescal Canyon High's enrollment has expanded 6% since 2018, when it stood at 2,239 (now 2,373). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 48% to 60%. Class-load math has loosened: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 25.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Temescal Canyon High typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.