Regular local school district · Merced County
Merced City Elementary School District, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Merced City Elementary School District runs 19 public schools with 11,108 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 25.4 students per teacher is 3.5 higher than the California figure of 21.9.Listed in NCES data as "Merced City Elementary".
At a glance
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 11,108
- Teachers (FTE)
- 438
- Students per teacher
- 25.4
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 444 West 23rd St., Merced, CA 95340
- Phone
- (209)385-6600
- County
- Merced County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0624600
- State district ID
- CA-2465771
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,071
- School counselors (FTE)
- 17.0About 653 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 40.0
Students per teacher compared
This district25.4
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 (10,800), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $186.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $28.5 million
- State revenue
- $133.9 million
- Local revenue
- $23.6 million
- Total spending
- $149.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,871
- Salaries
- $77.9 million52.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $63.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 72.0%
- Local: 12.7%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,871
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Merced City Elementary School District
By level: 4 middle, 15 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ada Givens ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 579 | 24.1 |
| Alicia Reyes ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 540 | 25.7 |
| Allan Peterson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 690 | 26.5 |
| Charles Wright ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 527 | 22.9 |
| Don Stowell ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 501 | 22.8 |
| Donn B. Chenoweth ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 722 | 24.9 |
| Franklin ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 3 | 602 | 22.3 |
| Herbert H. Cruickshank MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 624 | 31.2 |
| Herbert Hoover MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 629 | 30.0 |
| Joe StefaniCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 6 | 641 | 27.9 |
| John C. Fremont ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 580 | 26.4 |
| John Muir ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 613 | 26.7 |
| Leontine Gracey ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 509 | 23.1 |
| Luther Burbank ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 716 | 26.5 |
| Margaret Sheehy ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 481 | 25.3 |
| Merced City School District Community Day | Elementary | K to 6 | 22 | 11.0 |
| Rudolph Rivera Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 917 | 27.8 |
| Rudolph Rivera MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 608 | 29.0 |
| Tenaya MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 607 | 27.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Merced County
- Merced Union High 11,062 students
- Los Banos Unified 11,041 students
- Atwater Elementary School District 4,925 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.