Murrieta Mesa High School is a four-year comprehensive high school that offers students an excellent 21st Century academic program that will allow students their choice of five college and career pathways, a well-rounded student activities program, and an competitive interscholastic athletic program. The school was named Murrieta Mesa High School because of its geographical location. With a view of the entire valley and the Santa Rosa mountains, Murrieta Mesa High School sits high on a mesa identified in an 1884 surveyor's map of the valley.