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Murrieta Options Academy

Murrieta · Riverside County · Murrieta Valley Unified · Public

Public Riverside County Murrieta Valley Unified → CDS 3375200…

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California College-Going Rate

21.4% of the 2022-23 graduating class enrolled in college within a year.

The share of 2022-23 graduates who enrolled at a college anywhere in the U.S. within 12 months, per the National Student Clearinghouse match the California Department of Education publishes.

Within 12 months

21.4%

of 14 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 21.4% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 3 students.

Up 4.2 points from the 2021-22 class (17.2%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 3 students (21.4%)

University of California 0.0% 0

California State University 0.0% 0

California Community College 21.4% 3

California private college 0.0% 0

Out of state — 0 students (0.0%)

Out-of-state 4-year 0.0% 0

Out-of-state 2-year 0.0% 0

CDE puts each graduate in one bucket only — whichever kind of college they were enrolled in longest — so these add up to the rate above. That is a different count from the UC Reach Score on this page, which counts a student at every UC campus that admitted them.

Source: California Department of Education, College-Going Rate (DataQuest) ↗, cohort 2022-23, posted 17-Sep-2025. Data file: cgr12mo23.txt ↗ (and the 16-month file ↗). CDE builds the rate by matching California high school completers to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment records; we publish CDE’s aggregates and hold no student-level data.

Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

66.7%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

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A-G Completion ⓘ

Fewer than 1 in 10 graduates finish the courses UC and CSU require — below the state norm. Worth asking how course access and planning work here.

2021-22 cohort

In context: CA median 52.8% · -52.8 pp vs. median.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

White 50% +7.1

Hispanic / Latino 50% +21.4

Program subgroups

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

95% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

94.7%

18 of 19 students

Absenteeism is up 19.0 pp since 2021-22. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Riverside County median

28.9% · school is worse than 100% of 96 HS

Statewide median

22.8%

Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

20 (2023) → 2 (2026)

-90.0%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

19 (2023) → 2 (2026)

-89.5%

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Riverside County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

33% of students who start the year finish it here — more churn than most CA schools. Ask what's behind the turnover.

Critical

Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -89.5% vs. county -2.8% AND stability (33.3%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 94.7% (up +19.0 pts from 2021-22) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-89.5% senior class, grade 12 (2023–2026)

-2.8% Riverside County baseline

-86.7pp gap vs. county

33.3% retention (county median 85.4%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2023

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

33.3%

7 of 21 students

14 of 21 students who enrolled at Murrieta Options Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (66.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Riverside County median

85.4% · school is in the 10th percentile of 96 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 9th percentile of 1,734 HS

Nearest peer high schools

Harbor Springs Charter School 70.0% Ivy High (continuation) 51.9% Oasis High (alternative) 55.0% Alta Vista High (continuation) 51.9% Rancho Vista High 36.0%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Murrieta Valley Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue

$331.7M

+15.2% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$14,452

22,950 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 59.0%
Local: 31.9%
Federal: 9.1%

Instruction share

61.8%

of current spending · $7,806/pupil

Long-term debt

$217.8M

-8.5% since FY2017

Total revenue by year ($M)

Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Murrieta Valley Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

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Murrieta Options Academy is a public high school in Murrieta, Riverside County, California.

0% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 53%).

21% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).

Enrollment was 2 students in 2026, down 90% since 2023.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

What percentage of Murrieta Options Academy graduates complete the A-G requirements? 0% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 53%).

What percentage of Murrieta Options Academy graduates go to college? 21% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).

How many students attend Murrieta Options Academy? Enrollment was 2 students in 2026, down 90% since 2023.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.