Cole Canyon Elementary School

Posted: November 5, 2025

Thank You to the Amazing Staff and Volunteers

We just want to take a moment to say how truly blessed we feel that our kids have the privilege of attending this wonderful school in such a safe and involved community. The teachers and volunteers go above and beyond every single day, offering extra support, patience, and encouragement that mean so much to our family.

Our children actually look forward to coming to school—which speaks volumes about the caring and positive environment you’ve created. The growth we’ve seen in their learning and confidence has been incredible. They’ve made huge strides catching up and even excelling after being behind at their previous school. We notice the improvements and their confidence growing each new day they attend.

From the Principal’s strong leadership, to the crossing guard who keeps our kids safe on their walk home and also volunteers to read with them, to the teachers who stay late in the evenings running math programs to help students catch up—every act of kindness and dedication makes a difference.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your dedication, kindness, and the genuine love you pour into your work. You are making such a lasting difference in our kids’ lives, and we couldn’t be more grateful.

Our Coyotes are truly encouraged to strive to become leaders of the pack, and the HERO program is such a wonderful reminder of that spirit every day.

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Wonderful school, lots of parent participation! Great educational opportunities

Posted: January 26, 2023

The school is excellent in meeting my child's academic goals. We moved here from Moreno Valley and have nothing but positive things to say about the administration and teachers.

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Posted: September 26, 2020

The teachers and admin care about your child's well being. My child had a great year with Mrs. Gonzalez who made learning fun and loved the kids. We wouldn't want to go to any other school. Thank you

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Posted: April 2, 2019

Other school give more helpful homework and send it via email so if child was absent on Monday he can continuing his homework

Posted: April 2, 2019

They have their favorite families. need to see psychologist before dealing with kindergarten kids

Posted: April 2, 2019

NOT EVERY KID IS EQUAL They have their favorite families

Posted: April 2, 2019

They care more about academic side didn't give kids more about education life

Posted: April 2, 2019

they are the SUPER in bulling. they never give this problem care or tried to get involve in this problems only academic part is the most important side and kids psychological health not important

Posted: April 2, 2019

We as a family experience depression and ignoring our child needs I don't recommend it for any other child they need to change their management roles or go a head and close it

Posted: March 27, 2019

We had experience that problem with our kid and they didn't give attention to this problem instead of getting counseling and clarify things they was busy doing choir and actives with other kids

Posted: March 27, 2019

Doesn't make student strong in reading and math. I'm always ask around about what they have and get more home work online

Posted: March 27, 2019

Doesn't know how to fix problems they are weak

Posted: March 27, 2019

I didn't see any development at all they destroy my child

Posted: March 27, 2019

LEADERSHIP person there is the biggest problem she have her favorite people

Posted: March 27, 2019

old school ways to teach kids even they doesn't have homework club to help kids to improve

Posted: March 27, 2019

Very bad place to keep your child at it. my advice if your child attend this school keep asking him or her if anyone abusing them verbally or fiscally
we though this is is the best school in murrieta but it is NOT at all

Posted: September 24, 2018

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I had 2 children attend this school. My first did well and had little to no issues. My youngest went here from kindergarten to 5th. I had to put him in supplemental tutoring from second grade on because he just wasn’t getting enough from his teachers. I fought for an IEP and anytime the administration was in question they tried to turn it around on my son. I ended up pulling him from the school and when he was tested at his new school he was alarmingly behind grade level. The school as a whole looks good on the surface but if your child has ANY issues they will brush it under the rug. I trusted them with my son and now we are forced to do a ton of recovery work just to get him to grade level.

Posted: September 24, 2018

Depends on the teacher. Some teachers have a ton and some don’t do homework at all.

Posted: September 24, 2018

Unfortunately my son fell increasingly behind each year he attended this school

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Posted: June 4, 2017

I love the school. Mr. Marble was a great principal who just had gotten promoted to Shivela. The teachers are good His teacher, Ms. Trujillo, really had gotten him to do his homework without being reminded. She put in a slower reading class to catch up to the rest of the class and now, he is reading at his level. Ms. Levin had gotten him interested in Prodigy and his math scores have been high. We had switched him from an another school in another county so it was a difficult adjustment for him at first but it seemed have worked out because the teachers work hard at it with me.

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We selected this school like many others. The poor reports are accurate. Bullying happens here and they do not fix the problem. If you care about your child please go and sit at the lunch tables and see for yourself what goes on. In 30 mins you will see all you need to make your decision. My child has been there for 5 yrs and it gets worse every year.

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We moved to this area excited about this school. We have not been disappointed. An excellent tone has been set for learning and school. My little one walked up looking forward to being at school.

Posted: February 10, 2014

My son is currently in third grade. His two previous teachers have been great but I think his current teacher is a bit disconnected. I don't think that she's doing a good job about helping all students in her class. She certainly doesn't seem to have much interest in how much the kids learn. She could definitely do more for the kids in her class. My wife and I are actually trying to help our son at home since she's not much help. On the positive side, the principal is really good. The overall school atmosphere is also above average. There's also a lot of parent involvement.

Posted: October 7, 2013

I feel my granddaughters really excelled here at Cole Canyon Elementary. Their grades and personal growth was went evidently positive..

Posted: May 12, 2013

Fantastic community school. We moved to Murrieta in January and were concerned about our daughter's transition into another kindergarten, but her new teachers did a wonderful job of helping her get oriented and settled. The school has great community partners that help it raise extra money (Be sure to bring your cash on Thursdays for Juice It Up!) The principal if well-loved by the kids in my daughters class. He is very nice. Ms. Miller and Ms. Gonzalez do a FABULOUS job with their kindergartners. They are good communicators and partner with parents to reinforce skills at home.

Posted: February 23, 2012

We moved to this specific area to be in this school zone and much to our dissapointment, we found that Cole Canyon is overcrowded and is the typical "one size fits all" education.

Posted: January 10, 2012

All three of my children have attended school here since kindergarten since we live in the neighborhood. I have had mostly positive experiences with the school and teachers. All of my children's teachers seemed to genuinely care about the children, but they are held to a very high and rigid expectation for performance which makes them a little stressed out. The same can be said about the new principal. There are many entitled and mean kids at the school, but I don't blame the school for that. They have implemented a character counts and anti-bullying program at the school, so hopefully that will help. I haven't been happy at all with the homework. The math is ALL thinking and very little rote practice. I would like to see more balance or a return to the Saxon math from a few years ago. On the other hand, they have helped my middle child with issues through their group counseling program and they have an absolutely wonderful band program and choir program. They even have an art club and yearbook club for fifth graders and big year end events. This year they implemented a fifth grade science camp and online skills practice program. So overall, I think this school is great.

Posted: November 1, 2011

We moved here Dec. '09 and I am not very happy with the way the kids are allowed to treat one another. My daughter hasn't had too many problems, on occasion she tells me someone wasn't being very nice on the playground, but my son is in 4th grade and has had a lot of problems with other kids being mean, unwelcoming and bragging about how rich they are. I am currently in the process of changing his class because his teacher (Mrs.Waller) is horrible!!! She is mean and is well know for it. She told the class to tell on and to tell my son and his friend that they are not allowed to speak to one another in class or on the play ground. So in other words she's not only allowing the other kids to bully my son, but condoning it! Needless to say I am not a happy camper! My son cries at night because the children are being so mean! On the other hand my daughter has had amazing teachers k-2nd grade. She is in Mrs.Jaspersons class and she loves it! She is a great/caring teacher. I recently had an issue with a little girl saying mean things to my daughter on the playground and the principal never returned my calls. So, I'm on the fence about this school.

Posted: September 7, 2011

We moved to Murrieta in June and I spent a lot of time researching all the elementary schools in the area. I selected Cole Canyon based on all the positive reviews. What a huge mistake. My daughter started first grade on Aug 11 and was bullied by 2nd graders on the playground for the past 3 weeks, she finally got the courage to tell me and I spoke with her teacher about it and she reassured me it would be taken care of. That day my daughter came home and said one particular second grade girl made her afraid to play on the playground, afraid to use the bathroom all day and this girl called her names and put her down and made rude comments about her clothes as well. My daughter suffered there for 3 weeks and no one cared. To make matters worse when I told administration why after that day I moved my daughter to a charter school they walked away from me claiming they were too busy and did not have time for this serious matter. I guess it was not serious to them. Thisgirl should never be allowed to intimidate someone like this and the school did not even care what this has done to my daughter. I would think twice before sending anyone to this school.