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Enrollment
1,026
Middle
DISTRICT 989 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE ELSINORE UNIFIED·NCES 060002709496
Terra Cotta Middle
29291 Lake St., Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 · (951) 253-7380 · Riverside County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,026 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of California public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
875 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 324 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 354 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 348 | 34% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
25.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.2pp since 2014
Math
14.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.5% | 18.3% | 26.7% | 47.5% |
| Math | 6.0% | 8.9% | 23.7% | 61.4% |
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 | 25.8% | 14.9% |
| 2023-24 | 34.2% | 17.9% |
| 2022-23 | 28.8% | 17.4% |
| 2021-22 | 28.6% | 14.9% |
| 2020-21 | 29.8% | 10.6% |
| 2018-19 | 34.2% | 24.6% |
| 2017-18 | 32.9% | 21.1% |
| 2016-17 | 34.4% | 22.0% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
23.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Terra Cotta Middle
Terra Cotta Middle's state test result (23.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terra Cotta Middle this school | 1,026 | 85.3% | 23.1% |
| Elsinore Middle Lake Elsinore | 947 | 81.0% | 26.3% |
| Chemawa Middle Riverside | 885 | 89.0% | 26.1% |
| Desert Ridge Academy Indio | 962 | 81.5% | 22.7% |
| Valley Oak Middle Visalia | 952 | 79.9% | 26.2% |
| Cesar E. Chavez Middle San Bernardino | 1,107 | 88.0% | 31.3% |
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 Terra Cotta Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #962 of 1,224 | #54 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #1,024 of 1,227 ▼ 176 | #58 of 78 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #1,080 of 1,227 ▼ 267 | #66 of 78 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.4pp | #242 of 1,214 | #13 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,026 | #171 of 1,377 | #25 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #1,134 of 1,279 | #64 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #877 of 1,278 | #54 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #411 of 1,329 | #36 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #504 of 930 | #31 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
1,026
-48 (-4%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 964
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 1,026 | 42 | 24.5:1 | 85% (875) |
| 2023-24 | 1,064 | 40.4 | 26.3:1 | 80% (855) |
| 2022-23 | 1,094 | 44 | 24.9:1 | 79% (859) |
| 2020-21 | 1,074 | 44 | 24.4:1 | 74% (792) |
| 2017-18 | 1,206 | 49.3 | 24.5:1 | 78% (938) |
| 2015-16 | 1,204 | 43 | 28.0:1 | 76% (920) |
| 2010-11 | 1,452 | N/A | N/A | 60% (864) |
| 2000-01 | 1,502 | 62 | 24.2:1 | 40% (599) |
| 1990-91 | 964 | 34 | 28.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Terra Cotta Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,206 to 1,026); teachers down 15% (49.3 to 42).
About Terra Cotta Middle
Terra Cotta Middle is a large middle school serving families in Lake Elsinore, California. The school reports 1,026 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in California is about 659 students.
Lake Elsinore Unified enrolls 20,539 students, and its 24 schools include Terra Cotta Middle.
By race and ethnicity, Terra Cotta Middle is 79% Hispanic. It is also 12% White, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Riverside County is roughly 51% Hispanic. Terra Cotta Middle has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 42 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 24.5:1. The average ratio among middle schools in California is 20.7:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Terra Cotta Middle is 85%. On average, public schools in Riverside County report 74%.
allk12 grades Terra Cotta Middle a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Terra Cotta Middle is 6.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 23.1% actual, 29.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Within Riverside County, median household income is about $93,074, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Riverside County number 543 and enroll about 424,872.
Of nearby public schools, Rice Canyon Elementary is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Terra Cotta Middle ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 1,074 to 1,026.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Lake Elsinore Unified
- Temescal Canyon HighHigh · 2,373 students
- Elsinore HighHigh · 1,927 students
- Lakeside HighHigh · 1,687 students
- David A. Brown MiddleMiddle · 1,030 students
- Canyon Lake MiddleMiddle · 951 students
- Elsinore MiddleMiddle · 947 students
Other schools in Lake Elsinore
- Temescal Canyon HighHigh · 2,373 students
- Lakeside HighHigh · 1,687 students
- Canyon Lake MiddleMiddle · 951 students
- Elsinore MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Lakeland VillageElementary · 909 students
- Railroad Canyon ElementaryElementary · 873 students
Nearby schools
- Rice Canyon Elementary0.6 mi · 596
- Withrow Elementary0.8 mi · 583
- Machado Elementary1.2 mi · 531
- Alberhill Elementary1.2 mi · 485
- Lakeside High1.8 mi · 1,687
- Temescal Canyon High2.7 mi · 2,373
Frequently asked questions
About Terra Cotta MiddleHow many students attend Terra Cotta Middle?
Terra Cotta Middle enrolls approximately 1,026 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Terra Cotta Middle serve?
Terra Cotta Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Terra Cotta Middle have?
Terra Cotta Middle employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Terra Cotta Middle?
Student demographics at Terra Cotta Middle are roughly 12% White, 79% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Terra Cotta Middle in?
Terra Cotta Middle is part of Lake Elsinore Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.