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Lake Elsinore Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Lake Elsinore Unified runs 25 public schools with 20,559 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 23.1 students per teacher is 1.2 higher than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 25
- Students
- 20,559
- Teachers (FTE)
- 891
- Students per teacher
- 23.1
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 545 Chaney St., Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
- Phone
- (951)253-7000
- County
- Riverside County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0600027
- State district ID
- CA-3375176
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,156
- School counselors (FTE)
- 32.0About 642 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 55.0
Students per teacher compared
This district23.1
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (20,427), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $313.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $34.0 million
- State revenue
- $202.9 million
- Local revenue
- $76.8 million
- Total spending
- $298.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,619
- Salaries
- $162.8 million54.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $53.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.8%
- State: 64.7%
- Local: 24.5%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,619
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Lake Elsinore Unified
By level: 4 high, 4 middle, 15 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alberhill ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 485 | 22.0 |
| Canyon Lake MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 951 | 24.4 |
| Cottonwood Canyon ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 813 | 23.2 |
| David A. Brown MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,030 | 25.1 |
| Donald Graham ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 470 | 21.4 |
| Earl Warren ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 821 | 24.1 |
| Elsinore ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 462 | 24.3 |
| Elsinore HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,927 | 21.9 |
| Elsinore MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 947 | 27.1 |
| Keith McCarthy Academy | Other | K to 12 | 332 | 18.4 |
| Lakeland VillageCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 909 | 20.2 |
| Lakeside HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,687 | 23.4 |
| LuisenoCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 819 | 22.8 |
| Machado ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 531 | 23.1 |
| Ortega HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 463 | 18.5 |
| Preschool | ||||
| Railroad Canyon ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 873 | 23.0 |
| Rice Canyon ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 596 | 22.1 |
| Ronald Reagan ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 508 | 25.4 |
| Temescal Canyon HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,373 | 25.5 |
| Terra Cotta MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,026 | 25.0 |
| Tuscany Hills ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 606 | 22.4 |
| Wildomar ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 620 | 23.8 |
| William Collier ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 707 | 24.4 |
| Withrow ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 583 | 22.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Riverside County
- Corona-Norco Unified 49,487 students
- Riverside Unified 38,033 students
- Moreno Valley Unified 30,926 students
- Temecula Valley Unified 26,298 students
- Desert Sands Unified 25,615 students
- Hemet Unified 22,891 students
- Murrieta Valley Unified 21,712 students
- Palm Springs Unified 20,008 students
- Val Verde Unified 19,080 students
- Jurupa Unified 17,815 students
- Alvord Unified 16,466 students
- Coachella Valley Unified 15,817 students
- Beaumont Unified 12,448 students
- Menifee Union 12,253 students
- Perris Union High 11,832 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.