Warm Springs Middle

Warm Springs Middle is one of the reasonably sized 6-8 campuss in Murrieta, California, run under Murrieta Valley Unified, with 755 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Warm Springs Middle is one of 20 schools operated by Murrieta Valley Unified, a district that works with 21,621 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Warm Springs Middle shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% White, 11% multiracial, 10% Asian, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Warm Springs Middle shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Warm Springs Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Riverside County shows median household income runs about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Warm Springs Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Daniel N. Buchanan Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Warm Springs Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 921 students in 2018 compared to 755 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 37% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 28.1:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.

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