Regular local school district · Merced County
Atwater Elementary School District, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Atwater Elementary School District runs 11 public schools with 4,925 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 22.9 students per teacher is about the same as the California figure of 21.9.Listed in NCES data as "Atwater Elementary".
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 4,925
- Teachers (FTE)
- 215
- Students per teacher
- 22.9
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1401 Broadway Ave., Atwater, CA 95301
- Phone
- (209)357-6100
- County
- Merced County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0603420
- State district ID
- CA-2465631
- Total staff (FTE)
- 538
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 410 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 22.0
Students per teacher compared
This district22.9
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,815), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $79.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.3 million
- State revenue
- $58.4 million
- Local revenue
- $8.2 million
- Total spending
- $68.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,286
- Salaries
- $35.4 million51.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $24.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.7%
- State: 73.1%
- Local: 10.2%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,286
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Atwater Elementary School District
By level: 3 middle, 8 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Aileen Colburn ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 371 | 21.8 |
| Atwater Senior Academy | Middle | 6 to 8 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Bellevue ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 599 | 24.0 |
| Bellevue Senior Elementary | Middle | 7 to 8 | 178 | 16.2 |
| Elmer Wood ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 514 | 23.4 |
| Juniper ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 495 | 24.8 |
| Mitchell ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 528 | 24.0 |
| Mitchell IntermediateCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 744 | 24.0 |
| Peggy Heller ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 712 | 24.6 |
| Shaffer ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 405 | 22.5 |
| Thomas Olaeta ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 374 | 22.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Merced County
- Merced City Elementary School District 11,108 students
- Merced Union High 11,062 students
- Los Banos Unified 11,041 students
- Weaver Union 3,047 students
- Livingston Union 2,550 students
- Hilmar Unified 2,284 students
- Delhi Unified 2,276 students
- Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified 2,254 students
- Merced County Office of Education 1,894 students
- Winton School District 1,807 students
- Gustine Unified 1,627 students
- McSwain Union Elementary 912 students
- Planada Elementary School District 888 students
- Le Grand Union High 504 students
- Le Grand Union Elementary 344 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.