Is Alta Murrieta Elementary a good school?

Alta Murrieta Elementary ranks 1490 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Alta Murrieta Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 903 students attended Alta Murrieta Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Alta Murrieta Elementary?

Students at Alta Murrieta Elementary are 46% Hispanic, 30% White, 10% Two or more races, 8% Asian, 4% African American.

What schools do graduates of Alta Murrieta Elementary attend?

Students who attend Alta Murrieta Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Warm Springs Middle High : Vista Murrieta High

Alta Murrieta Elementary

Summary:

Alta Murrieta Elementary is a public elementary school serving 881 students in grades K-5 in the Murrieta Valley Unified School District in Murrieta, California. The school has consistently been ranked in the top 30% of California elementary schools over the past decade, with a current 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Alta Murrieta Elementary's key strengths include strong student performance on state assessments, with 56.14% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 50.88% proficient or better in Mathematics, outpacing the state averages. The school also demonstrates strong performance across various student subgroups, ranking in the top 20% for Hispanic students and top 30% for English Language Learners and Special Education students. However, the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism rates, reaching 27.9% in 2022-2023, which is still lower than the state average of 30.1%.

When compared to other elementary schools in the Murrieta Valley Unified School District, Alta Murrieta generally performs better than the district average on test scores, particularly in Mathematics. However, some nearby schools like Tovashal Elementary and Antelope Hills Elementary have outperformed Alta Murrieta in certain grade levels and subject areas. Additionally, the nearby Temecula International Academy, a public charter school, has outperformed Alta Murrieta Elementary on several state assessments, particularly in English Language Arts.

Detail:

Public K-5

39475 Whitewood Rd.
Murrieta, CA 92563-6512

(951) 696-1403

District: Murrieta Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1490^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Alta Murrieta Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Warm Springs Middle
High:	Vista Murrieta High

Student/teacher ratio: 25.2

Number of students: 903

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

46.4%

White:

30.1%

Two or more races:

10.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 57.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Alta Murrieta Elementary ranks better than 74.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 4^th among 11 ranked elementary schools in the Murrieta Valley Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 72.06. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (46.4%), White (30.1%), two or more races (10.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 57.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Alta Murrieta Elementary is 25.2. 5 elementary schools in the Murrieta Valley Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Alta Murrieta Elementary employs 35.7 full-time teachers.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Alta Murrieta Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Alta Murrieta Elementary 1490^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Alta Murrieta Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Murrieta Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Murrieta Valley Unified 356^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Alta Murrieta Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Alta Murrieta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	73.60	1169^th	4809	75.7%
2005	68.13	1418^th	4822	70.6%
2006	55.70	1924^th	4818	60.1%
2007	57.60	1947^th	5113	61.9%
2008	72.24	1315^th	5113	74.3%
2009	79.70	1018^th	5193	80.4%
2010	77.14	1124^th	5314	78.8%
2011	78.16	1099^th	5377	79.6%
2012	81.79	929^th	5390	82.8%
2013	84.49	793^rd	5530	85.7%
2015	83.31	964^th	5611	82.8%
2016	78.42	1182^nd	5614	78.9%
2017	79.36	1154^th	5692	79.7%
2018	81.81	1037^th	5662	81.7%
2019	83.77	978^th	5789	83.1%
2022	74.22	1442^nd	5883	75.5%
2023	67.29	1701^st	5874	71.0%
2024	72.06	1490^th	5862	74.6%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Alta Murrieta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	45.82	428^th	669	36.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Alta Murrieta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	84.95	255^th	3246	92.1%
2019	77.50	359^th	3275	89.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Alta Murrieta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	61.20	624^th	2420	74.2%
2024	59.93	715^th	2634	72.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Alta Murrieta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	86.88	412^th	5084	91.9%
2019	91.07	267^th	5173	94.8%
2022	86.47	493^rd	5264	90.6%
2023	76.48	917^th	5374	82.9%
2024	77.21	959^th	5511	82.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Alta Murrieta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	77.65	1156^th	5413	78.6%
2019	83.57	893^rd	5492	83.7%
2022	73.97	1356^th	5635	75.9%
2023	63.78	1774^th	5617	68.4%
2024	67.07	1610^th	5605	71.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Alta Murrieta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	78.18	309^th	2128	85.5%
2019	63.21	648^th	2585	74.9%
2022	61.93	558^th	2227	74.9%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Alta Murrieta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	58.03	55^th	140	60.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Alta Murrieta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	83.18	926^th	5431	82.9%
2019	81.37	1003^rd	5510	81.8%
2022	72.32	1417^th	5663	75.0%
2023	67.79	1598^th	5650	71.7%
2024	73.73	1333^rd	5636	76.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Alta Murrieta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	86.10	451^st	4830	90.7%
2019	90.65	277^th	4963	94.4%
2022	89.50	377^th	5084	92.6%
2023	73.85	1003^rd	5098	80.3%
2024	75.90	902^nd	5102	82.3%

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Rank History for White students at Alta Murrieta Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	69.00	860^th	2737	68.6%
2019	70.44	807^th	2834	71.5%
2022	47.61	1539^th	2726	43.5%
2023	45.60	1550^th	2662	41.8%
2024	55.33	1256^th	2647	52.6%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Alta Murrieta Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1990	536	21	19	90	1	n/a	n/a	0	667
1991	494	11	26	109	3	n/a	n/a	0	643
1992	518	15	22	134	0	n/a	n/a	0	689
1993	533	8	24	174	0	n/a	n/a	0	739
1994	566	8	22	182	0	n/a	n/a	0	778
1995	638	24	21	180	6	n/a	n/a	0	869
1996	638	24	21	180	6	n/a	n/a	0	869
1997	656	27	30	205	1	n/a	n/a	0	919
1998	633	41	41	208	3	n/a	n/a	0	926
1999	622	48	47	244	5	n/a	n/a	1	967
2000	614	55	62	268	4	n/a	n/a	0	1003
2001	603	50	71	278	5	n/a	n/a	34	1041
2002	410	47	45	182	9	n/a	n/a	23	716
2003	410	47	45	182	9	n/a	n/a	23	716
2004	356	38	43	150	4	n/a	n/a	74	665
2005	365	31	34	154	5	n/a	n/a	100	689
2006	320	23	36	150	4	n/a	n/a	92	625
2007	324	17	62	199	4	n/a	n/a	98	704
2008	295	20	66	168	1	n/a	n/a	0	550
2009	281	25	62	161	0	9	155	0	693
2010	6	32	51	249	0	11	357	0	706
2011	277	21	55	245	2	8	41	0	649
2012	287	28	55	246	2	5	31	0	654
2013	289	31	57	281	2	3	25	0	688
2014	301	33	50	306	6	6	34	0	736
2015	314	42	52	314	5	7	35	0	769
2016	309	33	59	336	5	7	48	0	797
2017	306	21	62	352	3	5	61	0	810
2018	294	24	67	385	3	5	68	0	846
2019	285	34	78	397	3	5	74	0	876
2020	272	36	79	393	3	3	97	0	883
2021	241	41	72	392	2	2	98	0	848
2022	237	39	61	387	2	1	87	0	814
2023	266	45	69	411	2	1	87	0	881
2024	272	40	76	419	2	1	93	0	903

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Alta Murrieta Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	667	25.8	25.8	n/a
1991	643	26.0	24.7	n/a
1992	689	26.4	26.0	17.7
1993	739	28.0	26.4	27.7
1994	778	31.0	25.1	23.8
1995	869	31.4	27.7	32.3
1996	869	31.4	27.7	32.3
1997	919	33.4	27.5	34.8
1998	926	40.9	22.6	33.4
1999	967	45.5	21.3	31.5
2000	1003	48.0	20.9	33.3
2001	1041	51.4	20.3	27.5
2002	716	36.0	19.9	23.1
2003	716	36.0	19.9	23.1
2004	665	34.5	19.3	24.9
2005	689	34.0	20.3	28.2
2006	625	31.0	20.2	24.4
2007	704	34.0	20.7	28.2
2008	550	37.0	14.9	33.1
2009	693	36.0	18.2	31.2
2010	706	32.0	22.0	35
2011	649	n/a	n/a	34.4
2012	654	25.5	25.6	n/a
2013	688	23.0	29.9	41.7
2014	736	24.5	30.0	40.5
2015	769	28.0	27.4	36
2016	797	29.0	27.4	37.1
2017	810	30.5	26.5	38.4
2018	846	32.0	26.4	44.7
2019	876	33.5	26.1	40.3
2020	883	n/a	n/a	41.4
2021	848	34.0	24.9	39
2022	814	35.0	23.2	41.3
2023	881	34.0	25.9	50.1
2024	903	35.7	25.2	57.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Alta Murrieta Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	667	25.8	25.8	n/a
1991	643	26.0	24.7	n/a
1992	689	26.4	26.0	17.7
1993	739	28.0	26.4	27.7
1994	778	31.0	25.1	23.8
1995	869	31.4	27.7	32.3
1996	869	31.4	27.7	32.3
1997	919	33.4	27.5	34.8
1998	926	40.9	22.6	33.4
1999	967	45.5	21.3	31.5
2000	1003	48.0	20.9	33.3
2001	1041	51.4	20.3	27.5
2002	716	36.0	19.9	23.1
2003	716	36.0	19.9	23.1
2004	665	34.5	19.3	24.9
2005	689	34.0	20.3	28.2
2006	625	31.0	20.2	24.4
2007	704	34.0	20.7	28.2
2008	550	37.0	14.9	33.1
2009	693	36.0	18.2	31.2
2010	706	32.0	22.0	35
2011	649	n/a	n/a	34.4
2012	654	25.5	25.6	n/a
2013	688	23.0	29.9	41.7
2014	736	24.5	30.0	40.5
2015	769	28.0	27.4	36
2016	797	29.0	27.4	37.1
2017	810	30.5	26.5	38.4
2018	846	32.0	26.4	44.7
2019	876	33.5	26.1	40.3
2020	883	n/a	n/a	41.4
2021	848	34.0	24.9	39
2022	814	35.0	23.2	41.3
2023	881	34.0	25.9	50.1
2024	903	35.7	25.2	57.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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