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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Leontine Gracey Elementary, Merced, CA

CEP schoolLeontine Gracey Elementary is a public elementary school in Merced, part of Merced City Elementary School District. It enrolled 509 students in 2024-25, with 23.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
509
Teachers (FTE)
22.0
Students per teacher
23.1
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 2.3 lower than 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.

This school23.1
District25.4
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
945 West Ave., Merced, CA 95340
County
Merced County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
062460008900
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
392
Reduced-price lunch
24
Free or reduced-price lunch
41681.7% of enrollment.
Direct certification
339Students 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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Merced

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.