Summary:
The Lake Elsinore Unified district includes four comprehensive high schools serving grades 9-12 in the Riverside County area, with performance varying significantly across campuses.
Temescal Canyon High stands out as the highest-performing school in the district, with the strongest test scores in English and Math, the highest graduation rate (97.2%), and the lowest rate of chronic student absences. Elsinore High also shows strengths, particularly with an exceptionally low dropout rate and improving rankings, while Lakeside High falls in the middle of the district. In contrast, Ortega High faces considerable challenges, with very low academic proficiency rates and a chronic absenteeism rate over 60%, despite receiving the highest per-student funding.
Overall, the district's high schools graduate students at high rates, but struggle with math and science scores compared to the state average. Chronic absenteeism is a major concern district-wide, with three of the four schools exceeding the state average. Parents should note the wide range of academic environments, from the consistently high-achieving Temescal Canyon to Ortega High, which requires substantial intervention to support student attendance and learning.
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