📍 35125 Briggs Rd., Murrieta, Riverside County, 92563
Dorothy McElhinney Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Murrieta, Riverside County. The school has 1,396 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Thomas Patane. It is part of the Murrieta Valley Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.6:1.
Dorothy McElhinney Middle enrolls 1,396 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% Hispanic or Latino, 33% White and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 554 | 40% |
| White | 463 | 33% |
| Two or more races | 151 | 11% |
| Asian | 119 | 8.5% |
| Black or African American | 99 | 7.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
611 of the school's 1,396 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dorothy McElhinney Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Dorothy McElhinney Middle is one of 21 schools in Murrieta Valley Unified, based in Murrieta, California. The district serves 21,712 students district-wide and employs 922 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,396 students, Dorothy McElhinney Middle is larger than the district average of about 1,034 students per school.
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