Temescal Canyon High

Summary:

Temescal Canyon High is a public high school located in Lake Elsinore, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,176 students. The school is part of the Lake Elsinore Unified School District, which is ranked 1038 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Temescal Canyon High consistently outperforms the district and state in standardized test scores, particularly in English Language Arts/Literacy and Science. The school maintains a high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 94.5% to 96.5% over the past five school years, and a low dropout rate, ranging from 0.5% to 1.8% during the same period. However, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 15.5% in 2018-2019 to 29.4% in 2021-2022, before slightly decreasing to 28.0% in 2022-2023. Temescal Canyon High has shown strong performance for African American and Hispanic students, ranking in the top 25% and top 50% of California high schools, respectively, in recent years. But the school has struggled with the performance of Asian and White students, as well as English Language Learners and Special Education students, ranking in the bottom 50% or 25% of California high schools for these subgroups.

Compared to nearby schools, Elsinore High and Lakeside High, both part of the Lake Elsinore Unified School District, Temescal Canyon High generally outperforms them in academic performance, graduation rates, and dropout rates. However, the nearby Paloma Valley High, which is part of the Perris Union High School District, has shown stronger academic performance than Temescal Canyon High in recent years, particularly in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 28755 El Toro Rd.
       Lake Elsinore, CA  92532-1912


(951) 253-7250

District: Lake Elsinore Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
634th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,884 Help


Feeder schools for Temescal Canyon High:

Elementary:    Earl Warren Elementary
    Elsinore Elementary
    Luiseno
    Tuscany Hills Elementary
Middle:    Canyon Lake Middle
    Elsinore Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  24.8 Help
Number of students:  2,176

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
58.5%
White:
25.0%
Asian:
5.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  59.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Temescal Canyon High ranks better than 72.7% of high schools in California. It also ranks first among 4 ranked high schools in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 60.09. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Temescal Canyon High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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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 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 Temescal Canyon High has the largest high school student body size in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (58.5%), White (25%), Asian (5.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 59.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Temescal Canyon High is 24.8, which is the highest among 4 high schools in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Temescal Canyon High is $7,884, which is the lowest among 4 high schools in the Lake Elsinore Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Temescal Canyon High:

SchoolDigger ranks Temescal Canyon High 634th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Temescal Canyon High in the ranking list.)

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Lake Elsinore Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Lake Elsinore Unified 1038th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Temescal Canyon High

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Rank History for all students at Temescal Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 42.84 640th 1653 61.3%
2005 49.29 601st 1901 68.4%
2006 65.74 356th 1968 81.9%
2007 66.79 319th 2063 84.5%
2008 67.00 322nd 2117 84.8%
2009 57.46 538th 2238 76.0%
2010 58.06 556th 2281 75.6%
2011 57.04 616th 2367 74.0%
2012 63.44 451st 2354 80.8%
2013 63.56 452nd 2426 81.4%
2015 74.57 462nd 1994 76.8%
2016 68.98 594th 2039 70.9%
2017 62.44 743rd 2021 63.2%
2018 62.59 748th 2017 62.9%
2019 66.71 611th 2133 71.4%
2021 91.63 106th 1290 91.8%
2022 51.59 898th 2123 57.7%
2023 45.79 979th 2348 58.3%
2024 60.09 634th 2323 72.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Temescal Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.12 234th 366 36.1%
2019 44.23 255th 422 39.6%
2022 34.65 353rd 515 31.5%
2023 33.98 462nd 786 41.2%
2024 47.81 354th 804 56.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Temescal Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 23.61 1139th 1323 13.9%
2024 39.93 465th 1350 65.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Temescal Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 22.59 1264th 1547 18.3%
2024 47.81 543rd 1534 64.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Temescal Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.43 654th 1862 64.9%
2019 61.25 649th 1937 66.5%
2022 51.46 815th 1943 58.1%
2023 37.31 1210th 2247 46.2%
2024 60.38 593rd 2235 73.5%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Temescal Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 69.28 58th 290 80.0%
2024 83.40 41st 451 90.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Temescal Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.19 767th 1760 56.4%
2019 68.13 500th 1833 72.7%
2021 88.19 119th 1054 88.7%
2022 49.84 830th 1858 55.3%
2023 41.41 1043rd 2118 50.8%
2024 54.20 721st 2098 65.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Temescal Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.68 540th 1052 48.7%
2019 48.94 428th 1117 61.7%
2022 35.75 670th 1161 42.3%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Temescal Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 19.35 140th 168 16.7%
2024 68.56 58th 234 75.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Temescal Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.72 693rd 1834 62.2%
2019 59.65 663rd 1880 64.7%
2022 48.62 853rd 1916 55.5%
2023 47.12 873rd 2207 60.4%
2024 62.25 561st 2172 74.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Temescal Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.25 402nd 581 30.8%
2019 49.09 341st 582 41.4%
2022 27.85 448th 581 22.9%
2023 53.67 376th 731 48.6%
2024 45.42 420th 712 41.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Temescal Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.11 111th 582 80.9%
2019 63.08 164th 592 72.3%
2022 32.62 339th 522 35.1%
2023 44.33 350th 720 51.4%
2024 63.84 204th 721 71.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Temescal Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.30 792nd 1742 54.5%
2019 65.93 511th 1814 71.8%
2022 50.64 817th 1861 56.1%
2023 40.81 1103rd 2142 48.5%
2024 62.55 538th 2125 74.7%
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Rank History for White students at Temescal Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.26 670th 1173 42.9%
2019 55.35 547th 1222 55.2%
2022 37.24 762nd 1204 36.7%
2023 32.04 889th 1434 38.0%
2024 48.86 619th 1406 56.0%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Temescal Canyon High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1992 550 25 18 132 0 n/a n/a 0 725
1993 795 27 23 181 2 n/a n/a 0 1028
1994 942 62 59 295 18 n/a n/a 0 1376
1995 1058 66 71 377 10 n/a n/a 0 1582
1996 1058 66 71 377 10 n/a n/a 0 1582
1997 1087 87 67 371 7 n/a n/a 0 1619
1998 1192 86 75 462 5 n/a n/a 0 1820
1999 1291 23 73 548 77 n/a n/a 0 2012
2000 1395 26 91 632 96 n/a n/a 0 2240
2001 1503 112 110 710 19 n/a n/a 0 2454
2002 1559 155 99 850 17 n/a n/a 30 2710
2003 1559 155 99 850 17 n/a n/a 30 2710
2004 1528 147 94 909 15 n/a n/a 22 2715
2005 1526 139 97 974 18 n/a n/a 23 2777
2006 1269 108 91 709 17 n/a n/a 18 2212
2007 1180 97 94 702 18 n/a n/a 27 2118
2008 1015 106 93 682 16 n/a n/a 0 1912
2009 977 123 88 710 15 9 24 0 1946
2010 965 110 59 794 14 15 52 0 2009
2011 925 108 58 868 13 13 68 0 2053
2012 923 109 78 826 13 15 78 0 2042
2013 892 111 85 899 16 15 79 0 2097
2014 899 128 83 933 15 15 66 0 2139
2015 908 128 129 957 14 11 25 0 2172
2016 903 123 133 1011 15 11 25 0 2221
2017 786 96 112 1031 8 4 132 0 2169
2018 783 108 118 1072 6 2 150 0 2239
2019 693 111 117 1078 7 5 146 0 2157
2020 653 110 122 1123 4 3 149 0 2164
2021 623 117 118 1221 3 8 128 0 2218
2022 567 105 128 1230 3 9 119 0 2161
2023 545 107 123 1273 4 10 114 0 2176

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 Temescal Canyon High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 725 n/a n/a 13.7
1993 1028 39.5 26.0 20.4
1994 1376 52.8 26.1 21.1
1995 1582 58.1 27.2 23.6
1996 1582 58.1 27.2 23.6
1997 1619 61.2 26.5 26.6
1998 1820 72.0 25.3 30.2
1999 2012 74.3 27.1 25
2000 2240 84.6 26.5 25.1
2001 2454 99.0 24.8 26.8
2002 2710 106.4 25.5 27.5
2003 2710 106.4 25.5 27.5
2004 2715 109.2 24.9 30.2
2005 2777 112.8 24.6 30.5
2006 2212 87.1 25.4 22.9
2007 2118 84.5 25.1 24.7
2008 1912 87.7 21.8 30.1
2009 1946 75.0 23.2 32
2010 2009 78.1 25.7 35.2
2011 2053 n/a n/a 40.6
2012 2042 82.9 24.6 n/a
2013 2097 84.9 24.6 47.1
2014 2139 85.9 24.8 46.7
2015 2172 90.0 24.1 51
2016 2221 92.0 24.1 52.4
2017 2169 95.9 22.6 50.9
2018 2239 96.9 23.0 53.8
2019 2157 96.2 22.4 53.7
2020 2164 n/a n/a 56.9
2021 2218 92.2 24.0 56
2022 2161 91.7 23.5 51.9
2023 2176 87.6 24.8 59.2

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 Temescal Canyon High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 725 n/a n/a 13.7
1993 1028 39.5 26.0 20.4
1994 1376 52.8 26.1 21.1
1995 1582 58.1 27.2 23.6
1996 1582 58.1 27.2 23.6
1997 1619 61.2 26.5 26.6
1998 1820 72.0 25.3 30.2
1999 2012 74.3 27.1 25
2000 2240 84.6 26.5 25.1
2001 2454 99.0 24.8 26.8
2002 2710 106.4 25.5 27.5
2003 2710 106.4 25.5 27.5
2004 2715 109.2 24.9 30.2
2005 2777 112.8 24.6 30.5
2006 2212 87.1 25.4 22.9
2007 2118 84.5 25.1 24.7
2008 1912 87.7 21.8 30.1
2009 1946 75.0 23.2 32
2010 2009 78.1 25.7 35.2
2011 2053 n/a n/a 40.6
2012 2042 82.9 24.6 n/a
2013 2097 84.9 24.6 47.1
2014 2139 85.9 24.8 46.7
2015 2172 90.0 24.1 51
2016 2221 92.0 24.1 52.4
2017 2169 95.9 22.6 50.9
2018 2239 96.9 23.0 53.8
2019 2157 96.2 22.4 53.7
2020 2164 n/a n/a 56.9
2021 2218 92.2 24.0 56
2022 2161 91.7 23.5 51.9
2023 2176 87.6 24.8 59.2

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Temescal Canyon High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $7,884

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Temescal Canyon 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 611th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 979th of 2348 High schools
 13%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Temescal Canyon High)60.244.7
 15.5%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Lake Elsinore Unified)45.740.8
 4.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Temescal Canyon High)32.626
 6.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Lake Elsinore Unified)20.516.3
 4.2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Temescal Canyon High)30.221
 9.2%
   11th Grade Science (Lake Elsinore Unified)2017.5
 2.5%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students21572176
 0.9%
African American111107
 3.6%
American Indian74
 42.9%
Asian117123
 5.1%
Hispanic10781273
 18.1%
Pacific Islander510
 100%
White693545
 21.4%
Two or More Races146114
 21.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients53.7%59.2%
 5.5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Temescal Canyon High

Students at Temescal Canyon High are 59% Hispanic, 25% White, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 5% African American.

Temescal Canyon High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Earl Warren Elementary
Elementary : Elsinore Elementary
Elementary : Luiseno
Elementary : Tuscany Hills Elementary
Middle : Canyon Lake Middle
Middle : Elsinore Middle

Temescal Canyon High ranks 634th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,176 students attended Temescal Canyon High.


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