Merced River Union Elementary 鈥� Merced County, CA

Key statistics

295

Students enrolled

1

Public schools

12

Classroom teachers (FTE)

24.7:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Kindergarten 49
Grade 1 33
Grade 2 34
Grade 3 30
Grade 4 27
Grade 5 30
Grade 6 31
Grade 7 30
Grade 8 31

By race/ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino 54%
White 41%
Two or more races 3%
Black or African American 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

80% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 235 of 295 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 68%
Reduced-price lunch 12%

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

$17,057 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $10,509
Support services $5,060
Other (food service, etc.) $1,488

Where the money comes from

Local 21%
State 71%
Federal 8%

Total revenue $6.3 milliontotal spending $5.7 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.

District details

Grades served

KG to 08

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Fringe

Total staff (FTE)

32

District office

4402 West Oakdale Rd., Winton CA 95388

Phone

(209) 358-5679

County

Merced County

Official website

NCES District ID

624630

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About Merced River Union Elementary

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

The Merced River School District was formed July 1, 1974. The district operates two schools for students attending classes in kindergarten through grades eight. It covers a rural area of approximately 30 square miles located in eastern Merced County near the cities of Atwater, Merced, Snelling and Winton. The district is made up of diversified farming, dairying and ranching.