Vista Murrieta High School is the home of the Broncos. Located on Clinton Keith Road east of Interstate 215, Vista…More Murrieta was the second comprehensive high school built in the Murrieta Valley Unified School District and had its first graduating class in 2006.</p> <p>CBS Max Preps Sports has named Vista Murrieta the "Most Spirited High School in America!" twice, in 2009 and 2010. It has a thriving video production program.</p> <p>Students can earn college credits through a dual enrollment partnership with Mt. San Jacinto College, focusing on occupational areas.</p>

Located in east Murrieta, Dorothy McElhinney Middle School is one of the newer additions to the Murrieta Valley…More Unified School District.</p> <p>Besides following the district's standards of academic excellence, McElhinney is a visual and performing arts school. Students are exposed to vocal and instrumental music, drama, dance and visual art, ceramics and computer arts.</p> <p>The school's namesake, Dorothy McElhinney, owned the 400-acre Pinto Ranch on which the campus now stands. Feeder schools are Lisa J. Mails and Monte Vista elementary schools. McElhinney students feed into Vista Murrieta High School.</p>

Warm Springs Middle School, the home of the Wildcats, was the third middle school to be built in the Murrieta Valley…More Unified School District. It opened in in 2002, and the first students helped choose the mascot and school colors of blue and white.Students at Warm Springs study core subjects with regular, advanced and intervention levels in each area. According to the school's mission statement, "...multiple teaching styles will be employed as a means of reaching all learners."</p> <p>Academics are enriched by exploratory classes such as band and choir, along with an array of student organizations and clubs. There is an optional afterschool program, the Wildcat Den. Elementary schools that feed into Warm Springs are Buchanan and Alta Murrieta. Warm Springs students go on to attend Vista Murrieta High School.</p>

The third elementary school built in the Murrieta Valley Unified School District, Alta Murrieta is a three-time…More California Distinguished School, first receiving the honor in 2000.</p> <p>Principal Terry Picchiottino asks staff and students to "Acquire the ALTA Attitude: Aspiring, Learning, Thinking and Achieving."</p> <p>Alta Murrieta has a comprehensive GATE program, including optional participation in Odyssey of the Mind. Student clubs include art, running and dance.</p> <p>Besides housing areas for students to play soccer, baseball, volleyball basketball and wall ball, the school also features an indoor rock climbing wall.</p> <p>Extended Day before- and after-school care is offered for students in grades K-5, from 6:30am to 6:30pm.</p> <p>Alta Murrieta students feed into Warm Springs Middle School and Vista Murrieta High School.</p>