School district · Riverside County

Temecula Valley Unified schools

Temecula Valley Unified’s 20 public elementary schools run from the 49th to the 93rd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Elementary · 20 schools

from 49th to 93rd · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Red Hawk Elementary: 93rd percentile, Strong
  • Abby Reinke Elementary: 89th percentile, Strong
  • Temecula Preparatory: 89th percentile, Strong
  • Helen Hunt Jackson Elementary: 87th percentile, Strong
  • Summit Academy: 85th percentile, Strong
  • Ysabel Barnett Elementary: 85th percentile, Strong
  • Tony Tobin Elementary: 84th percentile, Strong
  • Alamos Elementary: 82nd percentile, Strong
  • Pauba Valley Elementary: 81st percentile, Strong
  • Rancho Elementary: 81st percentile, Strong
  • Crowne Hill Elementary: 80th percentile, Strong
  • Vintage Hills Elementary: 78th percentile, Strong
  • French Valley Elementary: 76th percentile, Strong
  • Temecula Valley Charter: 75th percentile, Strong
  • Paloma Elementary: 75th percentile, Strong
  • Temecula Elementary: 70th percentile, Solid
  • Temecula Luiseno Elementary: 67th percentile, Solid
  • Susan La Vorgna Elementary: 63rd percentile, Solid
  • Nicolas Valley Elementary: 61st percentile, Solid
  • Vail Elementary: 49th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
4Solid
15Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 9 schools

from 57th to 92nd · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Temecula Middle: 92nd percentile, Strong
  • Erle Stanley Gardner Middle: 79th percentile, Strong
  • Summit Academy: 78th percentile, Strong
  • Bella Vista Middle: 76th percentile, Strong
  • Temecula Preparatory: 76th percentile, Strong
  • Vail Ranch Middle: 68th percentile, Solid
  • Temecula Valley Charter: 62nd percentile, Solid
  • James L. Day Middle: 59th percentile, Solid
  • Margarita Middle: 57th percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
4Solid
5Strong

High · 5 schools

from 21st to 92nd · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Temecula Preparatory: 92nd percentile, Strong
  • Great Oak High: 87th percentile, Strong
  • Temecula Valley High: 78th percentile, Strong
  • Chaparral High: 77th percentile, Strong
  • Susan H. Nelson: 21st percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
4Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 3 of the 30 ranked schools teach more than one level, 1 of them all three, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 30 ranked schools
  • 1 school not ranked statewide

Schools around Temecula Valley Unified

31 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in Temecula Valley Unified score highest?

Red Hawk Elementary is highest, at the 93rd percentile.

That’s higher than 93 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Temecula Valley Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 17 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in Temecula Valley Unified had 12 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

Middle schools

Which middle schools in Temecula Valley Unified score highest?

Temecula Middle is highest, at the 92nd percentile.

That’s higher than 92 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Temecula Valley Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 6 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in Temecula Valley Unified had 13 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

High schools

Which high schools in Temecula Valley Unified score highest?

Temecula Preparatory is highest, at the 92nd percentile.

That’s higher than 92 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Temecula Valley Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 2 high schools
Context

The average high school in Temecula Valley Unified had 21 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

1 high school not ranked statewide
  • Rancho Vista HighContinuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools

The district

Where does Temecula Valley Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?

Temecula Valley Unified spent $17,149 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 67 cents of every Temecula Valley Unified dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction67%
  • Instruction support9%
  • Student services10%
  • Administration5%
  • Buildings & maintenance8%
  • Other1%

Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.

What the district plans

$29.2 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 35 funded actions in 6 goals. That’s 6% of its $452.6 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 172 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

The money is spread out. No action gets more than 13%, and the three largest, CTE FTE Salaries; SAPF's and Social Workers; and K-5 Intervention Literacy Specialists, take 33% between them. The plan itself puts 99% of it toward staff.

Reading, math and catch-up help

14 of the plan’s 35 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners
  • Reading $3.5 million
  • Math $2.2 million
  • Catch-up help $8.7 million
  • English learners $0.2 million

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

  • K-5 Intervention Literacy Specialists$2.6 million
  • UC Scout (Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant)$1.7 million
  • Elementary Intervention Specialists$1.5 million
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth) and what changed
For high-need students

It plans $23.5 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $22.2 million and estimates it spent $22.5 million, $0.3 million (2%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $2.8 million (10%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Technology, Supplies, and Materials, which went from $24,957 to $854,264.

Largest cuts

  • Intervention Administrators (Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant)−⁠$250,813
  • K-5 Intervention Literacy Specialists−⁠$223,739
  • Math Co-Teaching (Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant)−⁠$157,549

Largest increases

  • Technology, Supplies, and Materials+⁠$829,307
  • CTE FTE Salaries+⁠$342,346
  • UC Scout (Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant)+⁠$316,216

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • SAPF's and Social Workers$3.1 million
  • Director and TOSA of Special Populations$344,787
The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • CTE FTE Salaries · $3,794,010
  • SAPF's and Social Workers · $3,116,389
  • K-5 Intervention Literacy Specialists · $2,625,934
The full plan6 goals, 8 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($29.2 million).

Where does the money go?

36% to Goal 3. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1All students will demonstrate growth toward meeting academic standards in English Language Arts (ELA), and…$4.5 million15% of action budgets

“All students will demonstrate growth toward meeting academic standards in English Language Arts (ELA), and English Learners will demonstrate progress in language acquisition by increasing English language proficiency. This goal will support the District’s Technical Assistance work: supporting Foster Youth whose performance indicator was red in the area of ELA. This goal will support the Districts’ Structured English Immersion classes. Structured English Immersion (SEI) is a language acquisition program for EL students in which nearly all classroom instruction is provided in English, but with curriculum and a presentation designed for pupils who are learning English (Action 6)” p. 18 ↗

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $4.7 million (−⁠$226,383)

Largest funded actions

  1. K-5 Intervention Literacy Specialists$2.6 millionaction 1.1 · p. 127 ↗
  2. ELA Instructional Coaches$0.7 millionaction 1.2 · p. 127 ↗
  3. Supplemental Support Specialists$0.5 millionaction 1.7 · p. 127 ↗
  4. Education Assistants$0.3 millionaction 1.4 · p. 127 ↗
  5. EL Coordinator$0.2 millionaction 1.6 · p. 127 ↗

2 more funded actions in this goal

  • English Language Arts Specialists · action 1.3 · p. 127 ↗$0.2 million
  • Library/​Homework Center Assistant · action 1.5 · p. 127 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. K-5 Intervention Literacy Specialists−⁠$0.2 million$2.8 million → $2.6 million · p. 127 ↗
  2. Education Assistants+⁠$17,848$253,527 → $271,375 · p. 127 ↗
  3. ELA Instructional Coaches−⁠$16,793$696,869 → $680,076 · p. 127 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Supplemental Support Specialists · $445,260 → $453,475 · p. 127 ↗+⁠$8,215
  • EL Coordinator · $212,689 → $216,719 · p. 127 ↗+⁠$4,030
  • English Language Arts Specialists · $221,032 → $206,656 · p. 127 ↗−⁠$14,376
  • Library/​Homework Center Assistant · $12,585 → $11,017 · p. 127 ↗−⁠$1,568

We couldn’t read this goal’s measures from the plan. They start near page 18. p. 18 ↗

Goal 2All students will demonstrate growth toward meeting academic standards in Mathematics and Science. This goal…$3.8 million13% of action budgets

“All students will demonstrate growth toward meeting academic standards in Mathematics and Science. This goal will support the District’s Technical Assistance work: supporting Foster Youth whose performance indicator was red in the area of Math” p. 28 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $3.8 million (−⁠$84,712)

Largest funded actions

  1. Elementary Intervention Specialists$1.5 millionaction 2.1 · p. 127 ↗
  2. Supplemental Math Specialists$0.8 millionaction 2.2 · p. 127 ↗
  3. Math/​Science Instructional Coaches$0.6 millionaction 2.3 · p. 127 ↗
  4. Math Co-Teaching (Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant)$0.6 millionaction 2.5 · p. 127 ↗
  5. Math Progress Monitoring$0.2 millionaction 2.4 · p. 127 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Math Co-Teaching (Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant)−⁠$157,549$714,788 → $557,239 · p. 127 ↗
  2. Math Progress Monitoring+⁠$54,829$158,831 → $213,660 · p. 127 ↗
  3. Supplemental Math Specialists−⁠$40,073$875,519 → $835,446 · p. 127 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Elementary Intervention Specialists · $1.5 million → $1.5 million · p. 127 ↗+⁠$29,863
  • Math/​Science Instructional Coaches · $595,231 → $623,449 · p. 127 ↗+⁠$28,218

How the plan measures it · 1 measure

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 28 ↗.

Goal 3TVUSD will maintain a broad course of study and graduation rate of 93% or higher, while increasing the…$10.4 million36% of action budgets

“TVUSD will maintain a broad course of study and graduation rate of 93% or higher, while increasing the college and career readiness indicator” p. 39 ↗

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $9.6 million (+⁠$843,075)

Largest funded actions

  1. CTE FTE Salaries$3.8 millionaction 3.4 · p. 127 ↗
  2. Counseling Specialists$2.0 millionaction 3.1 · p. 127 ↗
  3. UC Scout (Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant)$1.7 millionaction 3.7 · p. 127 ↗
  4. AVID$1.5 millionaction 3.3 · p. 127 ↗
  5. Intervention Support Specialists$0.8 millionaction 3.2 · p. 127 ↗

2 more funded actions in this goal

  • High School Counselors (Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant) · action 3.8 · p. 127 ↗$0.5 million
  • Credit Recovery · action 3.5 · p. 127 ↗$0.2 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. CTE FTE Salaries+⁠$0.3 million$3.5 million → $3.8 million · p. 127 ↗
  2. UC Scout (Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant)+⁠$0.3 million$1.4 million → $1.7 million · p. 127 ↗
  3. Counseling Specialists+⁠$0.2 million$1.8 million → $2.0 million · p. 127 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • AVID · $1.5 million → $1.5 million · p. 127 ↗+⁠$47,063
  • Intervention Support Specialists · $774,750 → $765,936 · p. 127 ↗−⁠$8,814
  • High School Counselors (Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant) · $445,391 → $460,234 · p. 127 ↗+⁠$14,843
  • Credit Recovery · $174,041 → $179,980 · p. 127 ↗+⁠$5,939

How the plan measures it · 1 measure

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 39 ↗.

Goal 4The District will decrease the number of student groups in red on the Dashboard by providing research based…$5.2 million18% of action budgets

“The District will decrease the number of student groups in red on the Dashboard by providing research based professional development and equipping site leadership to identify and respond to the diverse needs of students with a system of support” p. 52 ↗

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.7 million (+⁠$2.4 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Intervention Administrators (Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant)$869,371action 4.6 · p. 128 ↗
  2. Technology, Supplies, and Materials$854,264action 4.2 · p. 127 ↗
  3. Professional Development$601,860action 4.1 · p. 127 ↗
  4. UDP Site Allocations$512,874action 4.5 · p. 128 ↗
  5. Director and TOSA of Special Populations$344,787action 4.4 · p. 127 ↗

1 more funded action in this goal

  • Administrative Support · action 4.3 · p. 127 ↗$264,879

1 more action is in the plan, counted in the goal’s total: p. 128 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Technology, Supplies, and Materials+⁠$829,307$24,957 → $854,264 · p. 127 ↗
  2. Intervention Administrators (Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant)−⁠$0.3 million$1.1 million → $0.9 million · p. 128 ↗
  3. Administrative Support+⁠$180,172$84,707 → $264,879 · p. 127 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Title not confirmed · $1.7 million · p. 128 ↗not compared
  • Professional Development · $607,966 → $601,860 · p. 127 ↗−⁠$6,106
  • UDP Site Allocations · $483,276 → $512,874 · p. 128 ↗+⁠$29,598
  • Director and TOSA of Special Populations · $344,787 · p. 127 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 1 measure · 1 quoted

  • Teachers are appropriately assigned and fully credentialed in the subject areas and for the pupils they are teaching p. 53 ↗
    Baseline
    89.5% (Above Statewide Average)
    Target for year 3
    93% (Above Statewide Average)
Goal 5The District will decrease chronic absenteeism and increase student connectedness to school by providing a…$4.8 million17% of action budgets

“The District will decrease chronic absenteeism and increase student connectedness to school by providing a system of support to respond to the diverse social emotional needs of our students. This goal will support the District’s Technical Assistance work: supporting Foster and Homeless Youth whose performance indicators were red in the areas of chronic absenteeism and suspension rates as measured in 5-B and 5-J” p. 65 ↗

6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $5.0 million (−⁠$191,003)

Largest funded actions

  1. SAPF's and Social Workers$3.1 millionaction 5.2 · p. 128 ↗
  2. Tier II Behavior Assistants$0.9 millionaction 5.3 · p. 128 ↗
  3. HS PBIS/​OCR Support$0.6 millionaction 5.4 · p. 128 ↗
  4. Homeless/​Foster Support$0.2 millionaction 5.1 · p. 128 ↗
  5. Student Welfare Support Servicesunder $0.1 millionaction 5.5 · p. 128 ↗

1 more funded action in this goal

  • 5-Star Student · action 5.6 · p. 128 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Homeless/​Foster Support+⁠$107,328$119,058 → $226,386 · p. 128 ↗
  2. HS PBIS/​OCR Support+⁠$57,756$534,214 → $591,970 · p. 128 ↗
  3. Tier II Behavior Assistants+⁠$12,977$837,367 → $850,344 · p. 128 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • SAPF's and Social Workers · $3.1 million · p. 128 ↗new or renamed
  • Student Welfare Support Services · $27,000 → $27,000 · p. 128 ↗unchanged
  • 5-Star Student · $12,000 → $12,735 · p. 128 ↗+⁠$735

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 1 measure · 1 quoted

  • Attendance rates - (Local Data) p. 67 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-2023 All Students: 93.12% …
    Target for year 3
    All Students: 93.8% …
Goal 6TVUSD will increase educational partner engagement and reach out to educational partners$600,9092% of action budgets

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $597,504 (+⁠$3,405) · p. 80 ↗

Action titles are in the plan: p. 128 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Title not confirmed · $311,394 · p. 128 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $193,465 · p. 128 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $96,050 · p. 128 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 80 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 27,980 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 38%2. White: 36%3. Two or more races: 10%4. Asian: 7%5. Filipino: 5%6. Black or African American: 4%7. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%8. Pacific Islander: <1%9. Not reported: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino38%
  2. White36%
  3. Two or more races10%
  4. Asian7%
  5. Filipino5%
  6. Black or African American4%
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  8. Pacific Islander<1%
  9. Not reported<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.

Free or reduced-price meals

35%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 9,792 of 27,956 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The district’s state records

Is the state giving the district extra help?

The state is giving Temecula Valley Unified extra help in 2026, the second year after it qualified on the 2025 Dashboard.

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 51% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (511 of 1,007 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

1 school getting state support, 2025–26

Helen Hunt Jackson Elementary (Targeted support)

This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗ · School support (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Common questions

Which public schools in Temecula Valley Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Red Hawk Elementary, 93rd percentile (Strong). Middle: Temecula Middle, 92nd percentile (Strong). High: Temecula Preparatory, 92nd percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in the Temecula Valley Unified district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in Temecula Valley Unified good?

Temecula Valley Unified’s 20 public elementary schools run from the 49th to the 93rd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 15 Strong, 4 Solid and 1 Developing. Temecula Valley Unified’s 9 public middle schools run from the 57th to the 92nd percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 5 Strong and 4 Solid. Temecula Valley Unified’s 5 public high schools run from the 21st to the 92nd percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 4 Strong and 1 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in Temecula Valley Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Temecula Valley Unified had 12 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average middle school in Temecula Valley Unified had 13 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Temecula Valley Unified had 21 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does Temecula Valley Unified spend per student?

Temecula Valley Unified spent $17,149 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 67 cents of every Temecula Valley Unified dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

What is in Temecula Valley Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $29.2 million into 35 funded actions in 6 goals, 6% of its $452.6 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $10.4 million, 36% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by Temecula Valley Unified, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

View CDE data ↗ (opens in a new tab)How Scope Scores work →

Download these schools (CSV)Free to use under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.