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Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Erle Stanley Gardner Middle serves grades 6–8 for 1,069 students in Temecula Valley Unified School District.

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Next day off: Mon, Nov 2 · NO SCHOOL: Staff Development Day (TK-12 non-student day) · All days off

Temecula Valley Unified School District calendar

Key dates

  1. NO SCHOOL: Staff Development Day (TK-12 non-student day)Monday · All dayKey date
  2. NO SCHOOL: Veterans DayWednesday · All dayKey date
  3. NO SCHOOL: Thanksgiving BreakMonday · Nov 23 – Nov 27Key date
  4. NO SCHOOL: Winter BreakMonday · Dec 21 – Jan 1Key date
  5. NO SCHOOL: Teacher Prep/Staff Development Day (TK-12 non-student day)Monday · All dayKey date
  6. NO SCHOOL: Martin Luther King Jr. DayMonday · All dayKey date

Coming up

  1. Regular Board MeetingTuesday · 4:00 PM · Temecula Valley Unified School District Conference Center - Rooms A-C
  2. Annual Organizational MeetingFriday · 4:00 PM · Temecula Valley Unified School District Conference Center - Rooms A-C
  3. 9-12 High School Modified DayThursday · 8:30 AM
  4. TK-12 Modified DayFriday · All day
  5. NO SCHOOL: Lincoln's BirthdayFriday · All dayKey date
  6. NO SCHOOL: Washington's BirthdayMonday · All dayKey date
  7. 6-12 Middle & High School Modified DayFriday · All day
  8. NO SCHOOL: Spring BreakMonday · Mar 22 – Apr 2Key date

Last checked Oct 29, 2026, 2:34 PM. Confirm dates with the district ↗. Recurring calendar entries may not appear here.

It is the largest of the 5 Temecula Valley Unified School District middle schools in Temecula. Its 25.5 students per teacher compares with a median of 22.5 for those schools. Enrollment fell from 1,188 in 2019–20 to 1,069 in 2023–24. Its largest grade in 2023–24 was grade 8, with 373 students. 35% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch (296 free, 81 reduced-price). Federal records list it as not a Title I school in 2019–20. The closest park is Kent Hintergardt Memorial Park (0.2 mi).

At a glance

Erle Stanley Gardner Middle by the numbers

Student–teacher ratio is not classroom size.

Grades6–8
Students1,069
Teachers42
Students per teacher25.5
Free or reduced-price lunch35%
School typeRegular School
DistrictTemecula Valley Unified School District
Title INot a Title I school (2019–20)
Enrollment

Students at Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

Students by grade, 2023–24
  • 6344
  • 7352
  • 8373
Total enrollment by school year
  • 2019–201,188
  • 2020–211,112
  • 2021–221,042
  • 2022–231,044
  • 2023–241,069
Nearby

Parks near Erle Stanley Gardner Middle

All parks
Park · 0.2 miKent Hintergardt Memorial ParkPlaygroundPark · 0.3 miWolf Creek Trail ParkPlaygroundPark · 0.3 miWolf Creek Linear ParkPlayground
Contact

Address, phone and official links

45125 Via Del Coronado, Temecula 92592

(951) 699-0080

Temecula Valley Unified School District website ↗California School Dashboard report cards ↗NCES school record ↗Directions ↗

State school ID 0101105 (search it on California School Dashboard) · NCES ID 060002811187

Temecula Valley Unified School District

Other middle schools in the district

All schools
6–8Vail Ranch Middle800 students6–8Temecula Middle1,029 students6–8Margarita Middle741 students6–8James L. Day Middle924 students
Nearby

Schools nearby

Elementary school · 0.4 miTemecula Luiseno ElementaryGrades K–5Elementary school · 0.6 miRed Hawk ElementaryGrades K–5School · 0.7 miRancho Christian SchoolGrades Pre-K–12Elementary school · 1.3 miHelen Hunt Jackson ElementaryGrades K–5High school · 1.3 miRancho Vista HighGrades 9–12High school · 1.3 miSusan H. NelsonGrades 6–12

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2019–20 to 2023–24, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal; parks from OpenStreetMap. Contact the school or district to confirm enrollment boundaries, schedules and programs.

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