Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6
Donn B. Chenoweth Elementary, Merced, CA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 722
- Teachers (FTE)
- 29.0
- Students per teacher
- 24.9
- Grades
- K to 6
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 25.4. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 3200 Parsons Ave., Merced, CA 95340
- Phone
- (209)385-6620
- County
- Merced County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- City: Small
- NCES school ID
- 062460003688
School meals
- Free lunch
- 369
- Reduced-price lunch
- 61
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 43059.6% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 305Students 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 elementary schools in Merced City Elementary School District
- Rudolph Rivera Elementary 917 students
- Luther Burbank Elementary 716 students
- Allan Peterson Elementary 690 students
- Joe Stefani 641 students
- John Muir Elementary 613 students
- Franklin Elementary 602 students
- John C. Fremont Elementary 580 students
- Ada Givens Elementary 579 students
- Alicia Reyes Elementary 540 students
- Charles Wright Elementary 527 students
- Leontine Gracey Elementary 509 students
- Don Stowell Elementary 501 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Merced
- Pioneer Elementary Weaver Union
- Farmdale Elementary Weaver Union
- McSwain Elementary McSwain Union Elementary
- Plainsburg Union Elementary Plainsburg Union Elementary
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.