Summary:
Merced City Elementary includes 19 schools: 15 elementary schools serving a range of grades from K–3 through K–6, and four middle schools serving grades 7–8; there are no high schools in this list. In 2025–2026, the average school proficiency results were 33% in English language arts (ELA), 22% in math and 18% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important area-wide finding is that all three averages fall below the state, with the largest shortfall in science—18 points.
Results vary widely, and the strongest school depends partly on grade span and subject. Franklin Elementary led in all-grade ELA and math, with 51% in each; those results were 2 points and 13 points above the state, respectively. Among K–6 schools, Donn B. Chenoweth Elementary led with 47% ELA, 37% math and 29% science, and had the highest science result in the list—though still 7 points below the state. The lowest reported results were split among schools: Merced City School District Community Day had the lowest ELA score at 17%, Tenaya Middle the lowest math score at 12%, and Alicia Reyes Elementary the lowest science score at 7%.
Recent trends show little overall progress relative to the state: among 18 schools with comparable ELA data, the average edged from 33.9% to 34.3% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while math fell from 22.5% to 21.7% and science from 20% to 18%. SchoolDigger ranks Chenoweth highest among the listed elementary schools, at the 53rd percentile, and Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle highest among middle schools, at the 33rd percentile. As context, schools report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025: Chenoweth reports 60% and Alicia Reyes 96%; these figures do not explain score differences. Attendance also varies: chronic absenteeism was 17% at Ada Givens Elementary, 32% at Don Stowell Elementary and 46% at Community Day. Because schools serve different grades, grade-specific results can offer a fairer comparison than all-grade figures alone.
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