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The public schools with the highest share of Black students in Merced County, California

This ranking covers the public schools with the highest share of Black students in Merced County, California, drawn from 91 qualifying public schools. Rudolph Rivera Elementary leads the list at 8.4%, against a median of 1.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Merced County, California

Top % Black

8.4%

Median % Black

1.4%

MOST BLACK · MERCED COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Rudolph Rivera Elementary	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	917	77	8.4%
2	Rudolph Rivera Middle	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	608	45	7.4%
3	Margaret Sheehy Elementary	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	481	33	6.9%
4	John Muir Elementary	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	613	42	6.8%
5	Tenaya Middle	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	607	35	5.8%
6	Merced High	Merced, CA	Merced Union High	1,943	107	5.5%
7	Yosemite High (Continuation)	Merced, CA	Merced Union High	342	18	5.3%
8	Ada Givens Elementary	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	579	30	5.2%
9	Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	624	32	5.1%
10	Golden Valley High	Merced, CA	Merced Union High	1,917	96	5.0%
11	John C. Fremont Elementary	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	580	29	5.0%
12	Don Stowell Elementary	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	501	25	5.0%
13	El Capitan High	Merced, CA	Merced Union High	1,793	89	5.0%
14	Merced County Special Education	Merced, CA	Merced County Office of Education	942	44	4.7%
15	Donn B. Chenoweth Elementary	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	722	33	4.6%
16	Pioneer Elementary	Merced, CA	Weaver Union	1,055	46	4.4%
17	Allan Peterson Elementary	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	690	28	4.1%
18	Joe Stefani	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	641	24	3.7%
19	Weaver Middle	Merced, CA	Weaver Union	1,073	40	3.7%
20	Farmdale Elementary	Merced, CA	Weaver Union	919	31	3.4%
21	Aileen Colburn Elementary	Atwater, CA	Atwater Elementary	371	12	3.2%
22	Herbert Hoover Middle	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	629	19	3.0%
23	Bernhard Marks Elementary	Dos Palos, CA	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	478	14	2.9%
24	Bellevue Senior Elementary	Atwater, CA	Atwater Elementary	178	5	2.8%
25	Luther Burbank Elementary	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	716	20	2.8%
26	Campus Park Elementary	Livingston, CA	Livingston Union	503	14	2.8%
27	Leontine Gracey Elementary	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	509	14	2.8%
28	Dos Palos High	Dos Palos, CA	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	639	16	2.5%
29	Valley Atwater Community	Atwater, CA	Merced County Office of Education	122	3	2.5%
30	Alicia Reyes Elementary	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	540	13	2.4%
31	Come Back Charter	Merced, CA	Merced County Office of Education	128	3	2.3%
32	Franklin Elementary	Merced, CA	Merced City Elementary	602	14	2.3%
33	Buhach Colony High	Atwater, CA	Merced Union High	1,704	36	2.1%
34	Mitchell Intermediate	Atwater, CA	Atwater Elementary	744	15	2.0%
35	Los Banos Elementary	Los Banos, CA	Los Banos Unified	622	12	1.9%
36	Peggy Heller Elementary	Atwater, CA	Atwater Elementary	712	12	1.7%
37	Thomas Olaeta Elementary	Atwater, CA	Atwater Elementary	374	6	1.6%
38	Westside Union Elementary	Los Banos, CA	Los Banos Unified	573	9	1.6%
39	Mitchell Elementary	Atwater, CA	Atwater Elementary	528	8	1.5%
40	Bellevue Elementary	Atwater, CA	Atwater Elementary	599	9	1.5%
41	Atwater High	Atwater, CA	Merced Union High	2,029	30	1.5%
42	Bryant Middle	Dos Palos, CA	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	487	7	1.4%
43	Los Banos Junior High	Los Banos, CA	Los Banos Unified	938	13	1.4%
44	Elmer Wood Elementary	Atwater, CA	Atwater Elementary	514	7	1.4%
45	Washington Elementary	Winton, CA	Merced River Union Elementary	295	4	1.4%
46	Creekside Junior High	Los Banos, CA	Los Banos Unified	812	11	1.4%
47	Shaffer Elementary	Atwater, CA	Atwater Elementary	405	5	1.2%
48	Dos Palos Elementary	Dos Palos, CA	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	579	7	1.2%
49	Lorena Falasco Elementary	Los Banos, CA	Los Banos Unified	669	8	1.2%
50	Winfield Elementary	Winton, CA	Winton	444	5	1.1%

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