Editing Lake Elsinore, California (section)

==Services==

===Public safety===
The [[Riverside County Sheriff's Department]] serves the entire Lake Elsinore Valley (including the nearby community of [[Lakeland Village]] and the City of [[Wildomar]]) from its regional station in downtown Lake Elsinore. The city once had its own police department, but it was disbanded in 1970 for budgetary reasons.

The city of Lake Elsinore contracts for fire and paramedic services with the Riverside County Fire Department through a cooperative agreement with [[California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection|CAL FIRE]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rvcfire.org/ourDepartment/ServiceArea/Pages/default.aspx|title=Service Area|website=rvcfire.org|access-date=March 13, 2019|archive-date=March 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320055356/http://www.rvcfire.org/ourDepartment/ServiceArea/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lake Elsinore currently has three paramedic engines and one paramedic truck company operating from its four stations.

Fire Station 10 is located downtown next to the post office, which also has two CAL FIRE engines for supplemental protection. Fire Station 85 is located at McVicker Park and Fire Station 94 is located on the east side of the city off of Railroad Canyon Road. Rosetta Canyon Fire Station 97 is located on the northeast side of the city covering the Highway 74 corridor.

===Education===
Public education within most of the city of Lake Elsinore and the surrounding areas is provided by the [[Lake Elsinore Unified School District]], which serves a student population of about 21,500.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatschools.org/california/lake-elsinore/lake-elsinore-unified-school-district/|title=Lake Elsinore Unified School District School District in Lake Elsinore, CA.|website=Greatschools.org|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> The school district has 15 elementary schools, five middle schools, three high schools, and three alternative schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leusd.k12.ca.us/|title=Lake Elsinore Unified School District|website=Leusd.k12.ca.us|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref>

[[Lakeside High School (Lake Elsinore, CA)|Lakeside]], [[Temescal Canyon High School|Temescal Canyon]], and [[Elsinore High School|Elsinore]] are the three main high schools of the [[Lake Elsinore Unified School District]].

A very small portion of northeastern Lake Elsinore in the Canyon Hills subdivision{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} is located in the [[Menifee Union School District]]<!--ELM 24540--> for grades K-8, and [[Perris Union High School District]]<!--SEC 06034--> for grades 9–12. Another portion of Lake Elsinore is in the [[Perris Elementary School District]]<!--ELM 30180--> and the Perris UHSD for grades 7-12<!--SEC 30210-->.<ref name=USCensusSDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06065_riverside/DC20SD_C06065.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Riverside County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=2 (PDF p. 3/6)|access-date=2024-10-04}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06065_riverside/DC20SD_C06065_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Additionally, three private schools are within the city of Lake Elsinore, including a K–12 preparatory academy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.localschooldirectory.com/city-schools/Lake-Elsinore/CA|title=Lake Elsinore Schools &#124; CA - Ratings and Map of Public and Private Schools|website=Localschooldirectory.com|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.go2mountainside.com/|title=Mountainside Ministries, Lake Elsinore, Christian Church|website=Go2mountainside.com|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref>

===Libraries and post office===

There are two libraries located in the city: the Lake Elsinore Library at 600 W. Graham Avenue and the Lakeside Library at 32593 Riverside Drive. Both library branches are owned and operated by the [[Riverside County Library System]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rivlib.info/locations |title=Riverside County Library System| website=Locations |publisher=Riverside County Library System}}</ref>

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates a post office at 500 W. Graham Avenue in Lake Elsinore.

===Cemetery===
The Elsinore Valley Cemetery District<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://capc.info/members.html|title=California Association of Public Cemeteries|website=Capc.info|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> maintains a public cemetery in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/login/index.php|title=USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)|website=Geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=March 13, 2019|archive-date=July 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703090349/https://geonames.usgs.gov/login/index.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The cemetery was established in 1891 by Peter Wall.<ref>[http://www.bakerfamily.org/legs/CEMHIST.htm Shirley Brooks, "History of Elsinore Valley Cemetery", Lake Elsinore Genealogical Society] access-date=September 30, 2011</ref> The Jewish Home of Peace Cemetery, a.k.a. Mt. Sinai Memorial Park of Elsinore, is part of the cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lake Elsinore: Riverside County|url=http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/california-ca/lake-elsinore-riverside-county.html|work=International Jewish Cemetery Project|publisher=International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies|access-date=January 10, 2014|archive-date=January 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110232356/http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/california-ca/lake-elsinore-riverside-county.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Manker Family Cemetery is an historical cemetery located on the family property. Three known burials are from 1887 to 1902, with evidence of at least one other burial. The four wooden tombstones were burned in a fire.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}