Grand Terrace currently has an award winning Child Care Center, Grand Terrace Elementary School, Terrace View Elementary School and Terrace View Middle School-- all are within the city limits.  Plans are in the works for a new $100 million dollar high school near the corner of Michigan Street and Main Street slated for opening in 2011.  This new high school will occupy over 60 acres in the City of Grand Terrace.  Currently, Colton High School serves all Grand Terrace students.

The Grand Terrace schools pride themselves in having the majority of their students stay with them throughout their schooling until they reach high school. These schools also have a very high Parent Teacher Association involvement.

Grand Terrace Elementary 

Grand Terrace Elementary was established in the early 1900s and currently has an enrollment of 710 students. The school's API ranked at 769 in 2007. This school was the first school established in Grand Terrace and still holds the school’s original school bell. A special bell tower was built, thanks to volunteers and the Grand Terrace Woman's Club, to hold the bell from the original elementary school in Highrove circa 1893.  Today the bell is rung every school day morning.

School boundaries for Grand Terrace Elementary include all homes/multifamily west of Mt. Vernon Avenue. 

School Location: 12066 Vivienda Avenue, Grand Terrace, CA 92313
Phone: (909) 876-4146
Principal: Cynthia Coello

Terrace View Elementary

Terrace View Elementary was established in the mid-1960s and currently has an enrollment of 754 students. The School has an API of 806 for 2007-2008 and is the only magnet school in Grand Terrace, specializing in a curriculum of visual and performance arts. The school prides itself on having an excellent relationship between the community, teachers, staff, and administration, which allows the school to be successful and continue to grow each year.

School boundaries include all homes/multifamily east of Mt. Vernon.

School Location: 22731 Grand Terrace Road, Grand Terrace, CA 92313
Phone: 909-876-4266
Principal: Dr. Joseph Adeyemo

Terrace Hills Middle School

Terrace Hills Middle School was established in the mid-1970s and currently has an enrollment of over 700 students. The school’s API score  of 678 made it one of the highest ranked middle schools in the district for 2007. Terrace Hills Middle School houses the Blue Waves Swim Program and is also an extension of the Richard Rollins Community Park in Grand Terrace, which includes soccer fields, walking paths, playgrounds, and covered shelters for picnics or events.

School boundaries include all homes/multifamily in the City of Grand Terrace.

Location: 22579 DeBerry Street, Grand Terrace, CA 92313
Phone: 909-876-4256
Principal: Joda Murphy

Colton High School

Colton High School serves all of Grand Terrace including the the City of Colton. With an API of 642 the school ranks as one of the top performing high schools in the district. As the oldest and largest high school in the area, Colton High accommodates over 3,000 students.

School boundaries include all homes/multifamily in the City of Grand Terrace.

Location: 777 West Valley Blvd, Colton, CA 92324
Phone: (909) 580 - 5005 
Principal:  Robert Verdi

Coming soon in 2011 – Grand Terrace High School at the Ray Abril Jr. Educational Complex

Located on 67.5 acres on Main Street between Taylor and Michigan Streets in Grand Terrace, will be the new $85 million-dollar Grand Terrace High School and Ray Abril, Jr. Educational Complex.

Construction is now underway on the project and the first class is expected to begin in August of 2011. The grounds will house Grand Terrace High School, a full comprehensive high school with the name identity of Grand Terrace, and the Career and Technology Center (small learning communities) which would focus on Technology, Business and Marketing, Social Public Services and Health Services.

The Educational Grounds are named after longtime Inland Empire education advocate, Ray Abril, Jr. The complex will be a Career and Technology magnet school. See the campus via a digital flyover!