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Ceres Unified

Ceres, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

13,692
Students enrolled
24
Public schools
589
Classroom teachers (FTE)
23.3:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 1,250
  • Grade 1 881
  • Grade 2 943
  • Grade 3 966
  • Grade 4 1,005
  • Grade 5 1,058
  • Grade 6 1,035
  • Grade 7 1,077
  • Grade 8 1,066
  • Grade 9 1,112
  • Grade 10 1,049
  • Grade 11 1,087
  • Grade 12 1,163

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 81%
  • White 10%
  • Asian 6%
  • Black or African American 1%
  • Two or more races <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

85% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 11,611 of 13,665 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 77%
  • Reduced-price lunch 8%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$19,510 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $11,423
  • Support services $7,350
  • Other (food service, etc.) $737

Where the money comes from

  • Local 15%
  • State 76%
  • Federal 10%

Total revenue $332.1 milliontotal spending $299.3 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year. Some figures for this district are NCES estimates.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: LargeStudents: 74% suburb, 26% rural

Total staff (FTE)

1,471

District office

2503 Lawrence St., Ceres CA 95307

County

Stanislaus County

Official website

NCES District ID

608130

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About Ceres Unified

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Our goal is to be the very best at teaching reading and writing to our students. We strive to create family-friendly environments in which families feel comfortable supporting their students’ learning. We also provide a wide range of educational services and options to fit the needs of our community.
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Public Schools in Ceres Unified (26)

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Central Valley High

Ceres, CA · Grades 09–12 · 2,317 students · High

Ceres High

Ceres, CA · Grades 09–12 · 1,660 students · High

Cesar Chavez Junior High

Ceres, CA · Grades 07–08 · 685 students · Middle

Lucas Elementary

Ceres, CA · Grades KG–06 · 668 students · Elementary

Caswell Elementary

Ceres, CA · Grades KG–06 · 653 students · Elementary

Virginia Parks Elementary

Modesto, CA · Grades KG–06 · 643 students · Elementary

Mae Hensley Junior High

Ceres, CA · Grades 07–08 · 636 students · Middle

Blaker-Kinser Junior High

Ceres, CA · Grades 07–08 · 603 students · Middle

Sinclear Elementary

Ceres, CA · Grades KG–06 · 581 students · Elementary

Samuel Vaughn Elementary

Ceres, CA · Grades KG–06 · 570 students · Elementary

M. Robert Adkison Elementary

Modesto, CA · Grades KG–06 · 531 students · Elementary

Walter White Elementary

Ceres, CA · Grades KG–06 · 526 students · Elementary

Carroll Fowler Elementary

Ceres, CA · Grades KG–06 · 522 students · Elementary

La Rosa Elementary

Ceres, CA · Grades KG–06 · 516 students · Elementary

Patricia Kay Beaver Elementary

Ceres, CA · Grades KG–08 · 503 students · Elementary

Don Pedro Elementary

Ceres, CA · Grades KG–06 · 439 students · Elementary

Whitmore Charter School of Art & Technology

Ceres, CA · Grades KG–08 · 435 students · Elementary

Joel J. Hidahl Elementary

Ceres, CA · Grades KG–06 · 393 students · Elementary

Westport Elementary

Modesto, CA · Grades KG–06 · 364 students · Elementary

Argus High (Continuation)

Ceres, CA · Grades 09–12 · 189 students · High

Endeavor Alternative

Ceres, CA · Grades KG–12 · 98 students · Other

Whitmore Charter High

Ceres, CA · Grades 09–12 · 96 students · High

Ceres Special Education

Ceres, CA · Grades KG–12 · 37 students · Other

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