Schools · Merced
Merced, CA schools
Merced’s public schools score below California’s averages: 46% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 12 schools through grade 6, then one of 4 middle schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Merced’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Merced’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 50% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
C+Test scoresA-Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 50%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (396)Better than 63%
High confidence. Built on 2,398 tested students and a graduating class of 2,598; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Merced kids go to school
Grades 7–8
4 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Merced City Elementary School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Below the state in reading
Reading (Merced Union High)46%
State average 48.5%
Math (Merced Union High)20%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
95% graduate on time
Graduation rate
95%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
2,598
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #102 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Merced
Merced Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 9 schools · 11,061 students
$18,331 per studentCA $21,206B-Merced City Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 19 schools · 11,108 students
$17,666 per studentCA $21,206Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 32 schools in Merced
Showing 1–30 of 32 schools
Pioneer ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 1,055 students
PublicFarmdale ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 919 students
PublicRudolph Rivera ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 917 students
PublicDonn B. Chenoweth ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 722 students
PublicLuther Burbank ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 716 students
PublicAllan Peterson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 690 students
PublicJohn Muir ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 613 students
PublicJohn C. Fremont ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 580 students
PublicAda Givens ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 579 students
PublicAlicia Reyes ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 540 students
PublicCharles Wright ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 527 students
PublicLeontine Gracey ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 509 students
PublicDon Stowell ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 501 students
PublicMargaret Sheehy ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 481 students
PublicMerced City School District Community DayElementary · Grades K–6 · 22 students
PublicWeaver MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,073 students
B-PublicHerbert Hoover MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 629 students
PublicHerbert H. Cruickshank MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 624 students
PublicRudolph Rivera MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 608 students
PublicTenaya MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 607 students
PublicMerced HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,943 students
BPublicGolden Valley HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,917 students
BPublicEl Capitan HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,793 students
BPublicYosemite High (Continuation)High · Grades 9–12 · 342 students
DPublicCome Back CharterHigh · Grades 9–12 · 128 students
CharterIndependence High (Alternative)High · Grades 9–12 · 87 students
CPublicSequoia HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 77 students
PublicMerced County ROPHigh · Grades 11–12
PublicMerced County Special EducationOther · Grades K–12 · 942 students
PublicMerced Scholars CharterOther · Grades K–12 · 334 students
B-CharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.