Murrieta Valley High

Public 9-12

 42200 Nighthawk Way
       Murrieta, CA  92562-6235


(951) 696-1408

District: Murrieta Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
361st of 2,346 California High Schools


Feeder schools for Murrieta Valley High:

Elementary:    Cole Canyon Elementary
    Murrieta Elementary
    Tovashal Elementary
Middle:    Thompson Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  23.3 Help
Number of students:  2,230

Racial breakdown:

White:
43.5%
Hispanic:
38.8%
Two or more races:
8.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  41.5% Help


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Compare Details Murrieta Valley High ranks better than 84.6% of high schools in California. It also ranks last among 3 ranked high schools in the Murrieta Valley Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 78.23. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Murrieta Valley High freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (43.5%), Hispanic (38.8%), two or more races (8.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 41.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Murrieta Valley Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Murrieta Valley High is 23.3. 1 high schools in the Murrieta Valley Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Murrieta Valley High employs 95.6 full-time teachers.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Murrieta Valley High:

SchoolDigger ranks Murrieta Valley High 361st of 2346 California public high schools. (See Murrieta Valley High in the ranking list.)

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Murrieta Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Murrieta Valley Unified 374th of 1560 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Murrieta Valley High

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Rank History for all students at Murrieta Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 53.88 441st 1653 73.3%
2005 55.95 483rd 1901 74.6%
2006 55.79 553rd 1968 71.9%
2007 67.69 306th 2063 85.2%
2008 62.07 439th 2117 79.3%
2009 69.52 265th 2238 88.2%
2010 73.09 232nd 2281 89.8%
2011 71.60 276th 2367 88.3%
2012 74.65 224th 2354 90.5%
2013 68.64 329th 2426 86.4%
2015 87.65 222nd 1994 88.9%
2016 82.04 346th 2039 83.0%
2017 80.48 405th 2021 80.0%
2018 77.21 453rd 2017 77.5%
2019 75.24 448th 2133 79.0%
2022 82.05 329th 2123 84.5%
2023 78.23 359th 2335 84.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Murrieta Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.75 245th 366 33.1%
2019 75.27 100th 422 76.3%
2022 69.41 153rd 515 70.3%
2023 40.42 410th 780 47.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Murrieta Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.40 739th 938 21.2%
2022 50.03 327th 1044 68.7%
2023 23.75 1104th 1315 16.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Murrieta Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 67.02 245th 1539 84.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Murrieta Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.27 618th 1862 66.8%
2019 81.79 257th 1937 86.7%
2022 78.07 311th 1943 84.0%
2023 75.95 332nd 2237 85.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Murrieta Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.10 511th 1760 71.0%
2019 70.27 464th 1833 74.7%
2022 80.41 316th 1858 83.0%
2023 75.54 365th 2106 82.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Murrieta Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.91 242nd 1052 77.0%
2019 87.97 85th 1117 92.4%
2022 55.59 334th 1161 71.2%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Murrieta Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 51.75 85th 168 49.4%
2023 52.94 104th 233 55.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Murrieta Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.10 401st 1834 78.1%
2019 76.62 384th 1880 79.6%
2022 80.29 320th 1916 83.3%
2023 78.12 340th 2195 84.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Murrieta Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.08 355th 581 38.9%
2019 73.18 161st 582 72.3%
2022 54.96 299th 581 48.5%
2023 59.97 322nd 727 55.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Murrieta Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.89 94th 582 83.8%
2019 58.31 199th 592 66.4%
2022 77.46 84th 522 83.9%
2023 68.34 175th 713 75.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Murrieta Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.78 589th 1742 66.2%
2019 79.96 268th 1814 85.2%
2022 81.37 246th 1861 86.8%
2023 80.46 241st 2132 88.7%
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Rank History for White students at Murrieta Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.02 438th 1173 62.7%
2019 54.86 555th 1222 54.6%
2022 68.52 343rd 1204 71.5%
2023 70.23 302nd 1424 78.8%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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by a parent
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Open Quote I love this school. The staff is very professional, organized and skilled. The school is in a very safe area with ample parental support and involvement. The school offers a variety of academic choices and extra curricular activities. The music and band program is one of the best programs around. It's been an incredible experience for my child over the last six years and he's looking forward to his third year in High School Band. I can't say enough about the eight year commitment to the program that starts in fifth grade and continues all the through twelfth grade. I will have to say that I believe much of the success comes from the immense teamwork of, not only the staff, but parents and students as well. However, I truly believe that the success of the Middle School Band Instructor, Mr. Green, and his ability to make learning enjoyable, is mostly responsible for the student's continuing commitment to the program. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Murrieta Valley High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1991 230 9 9 30 1 n/a n/a 0 279
1992 556 18 33 94 1 n/a n/a 0 702
1993 931 32 57 170 4 n/a n/a 0 1194
1994 1230 47 83 248 4 n/a n/a 0 1612
1995 1545 74 118 344 7 n/a n/a 0 2088
1996 1545 74 118 344 7 n/a n/a 0 2088
1997 1662 78 118 384 7 n/a n/a 0 2249
1998 1817 83 131 426 11 n/a n/a 0 2468
1999 1973 101 140 415 8 n/a n/a 6 2643
2000 2115 114 131 440 6 n/a n/a 2 2808
2001 2368 137 145 505 7 n/a n/a 3 3165
2002 2863 257 285 758 19 n/a n/a 46 4228
2003 2863 257 285 758 19 n/a n/a 46 4228
2004 2404 190 221 658 17 n/a n/a 93 3583
2005 2147 169 204 596 14 n/a n/a 119 3249
2006 1936 150 193 588 12 n/a n/a 136 3015
2007 1978 164 195 651 14 n/a n/a 150 3152
2008 1922 151 190 648 12 n/a n/a 0 2923
2009 1958 152 191 695 16 12 169 0 3193
2010 22 106 171 712 12 9 1663 0 2695
2011 1494 87 170 639 13 10 76 0 2489
2012 1394 76 164 603 14 8 67 0 2326
2013 1357 81 153 627 12 7 77 0 2314
2014 1395 96 160 625 13 5 71 0 2365
2015 1400 87 176 681 10 7 79 0 2440
2016 1438 84 174 689 9 13 79 0 2486
2017 1350 81 171 748 7 18 106 0 2481
2018 1292 75 135 739 7 22 116 0 2386
2019 1199 77 135 696 8 15 125 0 2255
2020 1185 86 119 755 10 14 133 0 2302
2021 1141 75 120 780 13 14 159 0 2302
2022 1081 88 117 826 7 10 164 2 2295
2023 971 74 114 865 6 13 181 6 2230

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 Murrieta Valley High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1991 279 16.6 16.8 n/a
1992 702 16.9 41.5 15.8
1993 1194 51.4 23.2 16.2
1994 1612 69.2 23.3 17.7
1995 2088 86.5 24.1 14.7
1996 2088 86.5 24.1 14.7
1997 2249 91.7 24.5 14.1
1998 2468 101.1 24.4 15.1
1999 2643 115.2 22.9 12.7
2000 2808 126.2 22.3 13.7
2001 3165 133.9 23.6 10.4
2002 4228 173.6 24.4 10.9
2003 4228 173.6 24.4 10.9
2004 3583 151.3 23.7 8.9
2005 3249 137.2 23.7 9.9
2006 3015 128.6 23.4 8.6
2007 3152 134.9 23.4 8.7
2008 2923 152.6 19.2 10.9
2009 3193 130.9 21.3 11.8
2010 2695 108.6 24.8 14.8
2011 2489 n/a n/a 17.3
2012 2326 89.8 25.8 0
2013 2314 86.8 26.6 23.4
2014 2365 92.1 25.6 22.9
2015 2440 94.0 25.9 20.4
2016 2486 93.0 26.7 19.1
2017 2481 97.8 25.3 19.9
2018 2386 96.1 24.8 24.7
2019 2255 97.4 23.1 27.5
2020 2302 n/a n/a 29.6
2021 2302 92.4 24.8 27.6
2022 2295 97.3 23.5 26.5
2023 2230 95.6 23.3 41.5

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 Murrieta Valley High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1991 279 16.6 16.8 n/a
1992 702 16.9 41.5 15.8
1993 1194 51.4 23.2 16.2
1994 1612 69.2 23.3 17.7
1995 2088 86.5 24.1 14.7
1996 2088 86.5 24.1 14.7
1997 2249 91.7 24.5 14.1
1998 2468 101.1 24.4 15.1
1999 2643 115.2 22.9 12.7
2000 2808 126.2 22.3 13.7
2001 3165 133.9 23.6 10.4
2002 4228 173.6 24.4 10.9
2003 4228 173.6 24.4 10.9
2004 3583 151.3 23.7 8.9
2005 3249 137.2 23.7 9.9
2006 3015 128.6 23.4 8.6
2007 3152 134.9 23.4 8.7
2008 2923 152.6 19.2 10.9
2009 3193 130.9 21.3 11.8
2010 2695 108.6 24.8 14.8
2011 2489 n/a n/a 17.3
2012 2326 89.8 25.8 0
2013 2314 86.8 26.6 23.4
2014 2365 92.1 25.6 22.9
2015 2440 94.0 25.9 20.4
2016 2486 93.0 26.7 19.1
2017 2481 97.8 25.3 19.9
2018 2386 96.1 24.8 24.7
2019 2255 97.4 23.1 27.5
2020 2302 n/a n/a 29.6
2021 2302 92.4 24.8 27.6
2022 2295 97.3 23.5 26.5
2023 2230 95.6 23.3 41.5

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.
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Murrieta Valley High

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 448th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 359th of 2335 High schools
 5.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Murrieta Valley High)73.672
 1.6%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Murrieta Valley Unified)71.972.5
 0.6%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Murrieta Valley High)45.936.5
 9.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Murrieta Valley Unified)44.338.1
 6.2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Murrieta Valley High)42.341.9
 0.4%
   11th Grade Science (Murrieta Valley Unified)38.446.5
 8.1%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Murrieta Valley High)18.228.6
 10.4%
   12th Grade Science (Murrieta Valley Unified)27.626.4
 1.2%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students22552230
 1.1%
African American7774
 3.9%
American Indian86
 25%
Asian135114
 15.6%
Hispanic696865
 24.3%
Pacific Islander1513
 13.3%
White1199971
 19%
Two or More Races125181
 44.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients27.5%41.5%
 14%


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Students at Murrieta Valley High are 44% White, 39% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 5% Asian, 3% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,230 students attended Murrieta Valley High.

Murrieta Valley High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Cole Canyon Elementary
Elementary : Murrieta Elementary
Elementary : Tovashal Elementary
Middle : Thompson Middle

Murrieta Valley High ranks 361st of 2346 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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