Merced Times

Merced City Elementary School District's schools enrolled 10,973 students in the 2022-23 school year, 0.5% more than the previous year, according to the California Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.5% of them were boys, and 49.5% were girls.

Merced City Elementary School District covers 19 schools within Merced County with its main office in Merced.

Among the 19 schools in Merced City Elementary School District, Rudolph Rivera Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 840 students in the 2022-23 school year.

In the last decade, enrollment in California elementary and secondary schools rose by at least 5%, while high school enrollment dropped 5%.

However, overall enrollment in California public schools is sliding, and the Public Policy Institute of California expects it to drop another 8% by the 2031-32 school year.

School	Total Enrollment
Rudolph Rivera Elementary School	840
Donn B. Chenoweth Elementary School	725
Luther Burbank Elementary School	678
Allan Peterson Elementary School	664
Joe Stefani	628
Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle School	616
Herbert Hoover Middle School	614
John Muir Elementary School	605
Alicia Reyes Elementary School	596
Ada Givens Elementary School	584
Rudolph Rivera Middle School	579
Franklin Elementary School	575
Charles Wright Elementary School	563
Tenaya Middle School	563
John C. Fremont Elementary School	550
Margaret Sheehy Elementary School	533
Leontine Gracey Elementary School	526
Don Stowell Elementary School	517
Merced City School District Community Day	17