School district · California
Merced City Elementary
Merced City Elementary in California: 19 public schools with 11,108 students and 25.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $17,664 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 11,108
- Students per teacher
- 25.3
- CA 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $17,664
- CA $20.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 439
- Counselors (FTE)
- 17.0
- Students per counselor
- 653
- CA 407 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 13.0
- Librarians (FTE): 9.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%35%proficient
+1.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 68% of school districts in California
Median 42% · 854 school districts compared
7,160 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%22%proficient
+1.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 75% of school districts in California
Median 32% · 854 school districts compared
7,179 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 22% · $57.6M
- State
- 67% · $177.1M
- Local
- 12% · $31.3M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $10,366
- Support services
- $6,244
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $46.9M
- Long-term debt
- $75.4M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ada Givens ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 579 | 23.2 | 31% | 23% |
Alicia Reyes ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 540 | 24.6 | 18% | 10% |
Allan Peterson ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 690 | 25.6 | 46% | 35% |
Charles Wright ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 527 | 22.0 | 34% | 22% |
Don Stowell ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 501 | 21.8 | 22% | 16% |
Donn B. Chenoweth ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 722 | 24.9 | 46% | 31% |
Franklin ElementaryFree meals for all | K–3 | 602 | 22.3 | 35% | 29% |
Joe StefaniFree meals for all | 3–6 | 641 | 27.6 | 36% | 22% |
John C. Fremont ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 580 | 25.3 | 31% | 28% |
John Muir ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 613 | 25.6 | 26% | 22% |
Leontine Gracey ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 509 | 23.1 | 29% | 20% |
Luther Burbank ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 716 | 25.6 | 44% | 31% |
Margaret Sheehy ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 481 | 24.1 | 26% | 20% |
Merced City School District Community DayAlternative | K–6 | 22 | 7.7 | — | — |
| K–6 | 917 | 27.0 | 36% | 17% | |
Herbert H. Cruickshank MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 624 | 30.1 | 48% | 29% |
Herbert Hoover MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 629 | 29.6 | 35% | 20% |
Rudolph Rivera MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 608 | 28.7 | 36% | 14% |
Tenaya MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 607 | 27.2 | 29% | 14% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 444 West 23rd St., Merced, CA 95340
- Phone
- (209)385-6600
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.