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High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

Atwater High, Atwater, CA

CEP schoolAtwater High is a public high school in Atwater, part of Merced Union High. It enrolled 2,029 students in 2024-25, with 20.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
2,029
Teachers (FTE)
98.0
Students per teacher
20.7
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 20.9. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school20.7
District20.9
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
2201 Fruitland Ave., Atwater, CA 95301
County
Merced County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
062466003699
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
1,389
Reduced-price lunch
277
Free or reduced-price lunch
1,66682.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification
977Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Merced Union High

High schools elsewhere in Atwater

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.