Terra Cotta Middle
Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Lake Elsinore, California
Terra Cotta Middle in Lake Elsinore, California enrolled 1,026 students in 2024-25 with 42.0 full-time teachers, 24.5 students per teacher against the California middle-school median of 21.0. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 28% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 17% proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 45% and 34.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 6% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 5%
1,094 students in 2022-23, 1,064 students in 2023-24, 1,026 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 44.0 to 42.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,094 | 44.0 | 24.9 |
| 2023-24 | 1,064 | 40.4 | 26.3 |
| 2024-25 | 1,026 | 42.0 | 24.5 |
24.5 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 88 of every 100 California middle schools
Among the 1,353 California middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 21.0; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 330 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Terra Cotta Middle enrolled 1,056 students and had 3.2 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 58 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)3.2, one per 330 of the 1,056 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions58
- Chronically absent24.5% (2022-23)
Who attends
79.0% of students were Hispanic, 12.2% White, 3.4% Black in 2024-25.
- Hispanic79.0%
- White12.2%
- Black3.4%
- Asian3.2%
- Two or more races1.9%
- American Indian0.3%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Terra Cotta Middle scored proficient or above: 28% in reading in 2021-22 and 17% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 28% | 36% | 45% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 17% | 25% (2021-22) | 34.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Middle schools in Lake Elsinore
3 public middle schools in Lake Elsinore report 2024-25 enrollment; Terra Cotta Middle is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terra Cotta Middle | 1,026 | 24.5 | 69.6% |
| Canyon Lake Middle | 951 | 23.9 | 45.4% |
| Elsinore Middle | 947 | 26.8 | 67.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Terra Cotta Middle
- Elsinore MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 3.4 miles away: 947 students, 26.8 per teacher (2024-25).3.4 mi
- Canyon Lake MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 8.3 miles away: 951 students, 23.9 per teacher (2024-25).8.3 mi
- Compare Terra Cotta Middle with Elsinore MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Lake Elsinore Unified spends per student$16,068 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$16,068
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaTerra Cotta Middle is the number 171 by size of 1,363 California middle schools open in 2024-25.#171 of 1,363
- California schools by students per teacher24.5 students per teacher here against the California median of 21.0 for middle schools.24.5:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Terra Cotta Middle
How many students attend Terra Cotta Middle?
1,026 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,094 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Lake Elsinore, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Terra Cotta Middle?
24.5 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for middle schools is 21.0. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Terra Cotta Middle a Title I school?
Terra Cotta Middle has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.How do students at Terra Cotta Middle do on state tests?
The students tested at Terra Cotta Middle scored proficient or above: 28% in reading in 2021-22 and 17% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Terra Cotta Middle in?
Lake Elsinore Unified, NCES district ID 0600027. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 060002709496 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.