Elementary · California
Joe Stefani
Free meals for allJoe Stefani, a public elementary school in Merced, California: grades 3–6, 641 students, 27.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Merced City Elementary.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 641
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.2
- Students per teacher
- 27.6
- Grades
- 3–6
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 97% of elementary schools in California
Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared
More students per teacher than 99% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 82% of elementary schools in California
Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared
Larger than 84% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
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%36%proficient
+2.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 65% of elementary schools in California
Median 43% · 5,677 elementary schools compared
619 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · 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 78% of elementary schools in California
Median 36% · 5,679 elementary schools compared
626 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · 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.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades 3–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize suburb
- Run by
- Merced City Elementary
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Merced City Elementary.
Location
- Address
- 2768 Ranchero Ln., Merced, CA 95348
- Phone
- (209)724-2500
- City or town
- Franklin
- County
- Merced County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Franklin ElementaryFree meals for all | K–3 | 602 | 22.3 | 35% | 29% |
Leontine Gracey ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 509 | 23.1 | 29% | 20% |
| K–8 | 912 | 20.9 | 52% | 37% | |
John C. Fremont ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 580 | 25.3 | 31% | 28% |
| K–6 | 917 | 27.0 | 36% | 17% | |
Margaret Sheehy ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 481 | 24.1 | 26% | 20% |
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
- 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).
- 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.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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