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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERCED CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062460003686
Ada Givens Elementary
2900 Green St., Merced, CA 95340 · (209) 385-6610 · Merced County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
457 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 17% larger than its 6th grade class (88).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.0pp since 2014
Math
23.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.0% | 19.9% | 25.5% | 43.6% |
| Math | 6.8% | 16.6% | 32.5% | 44.2% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 23.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 29.7% |
| 2022-23 | 27.5% | 20.1% |
| 2021-22 | 29.9% | 23.0% |
| 2018-19 | 43.2% | 32.0% |
| 2017-18 | 38.8% | 27.7% |
| 2016-17 | 37.9% | 20.9% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 18.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ada Givens Elementary
Ada Givens Elementary's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ada Givens Elementary this school | 579 | 78.9% | 29.3% |
| Harrison Elementary Riverside | 571 | 77.2% | 35.8% |
| Kratt Elementary Fresno | 620 | 79.2% | 34.7% |
| Knowledge Enlightens You (KEY) Academy Hayward | 645 | 81.7% | N/A |
| Anna Hause Elementary Beaumont | 656 | 78.2% | 40.5% |
| Monroe Elementary Hanford | 611 | 80.7% | 49.0% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ada Givens Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Merced County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #3,601 of 5,151 | #35 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #3,967 of 5,172 ▼ 851 | #39 of 54 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,882 of 5,172 ▼ 489 | #41 of 54 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #3,131 of 5,116 | #35 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #1,572 of 5,915 | #24 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #3,167 of 5,352 | #27 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #2,855 of 5,354 | #11 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #2,279 of 5,625 | #37 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #911 of 1,139 | #11 of 14 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
579
-25 (-4%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 26.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 579 | 24.9 | 23.2:1 | 79% (457) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 21 | 26.1:1 | 82% (446) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 23 | 25.4:1 | 74% (433) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 23 | 26.3:1 | 70% (424) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 21.1 | 26.7:1 | 75% (422) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 23 | 21.0:1 | 84% (405) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | N/A | N/A | 81% (381) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 25 | 21.4:1 | 77% (412) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 28 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ada Givens Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (564 to 579); teachers up 18% (21.1 to 24.9).
About Ada Givens Elementary
Ada Givens Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Merced, California, one of the schools in Merced City Elementary. School enrollment was 579 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Ada Givens Elementary sits within Merced City Elementary, which has 19 schools and 11,108 students.
Roughly 69% of students at Ada Givens Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups include 15% White, 6% Asian, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Ada Givens Elementary is 24.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 23.2:1. This ratio sits 0.9 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 79%. That tracks the 81% average for public schools in Merced County.
Ada Givens Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.3% is 4.0 points below the 33.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Merced County (population about 290,201), the median household income is $65,510, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. There are 117 public schools in Merced County, enrolling about 59,456 students in all.
Herbert Hoover Middle is located about 0.6 miles from Ada Givens Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 29.3% is below the 30.4% average for nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Ada Givens Elementary is City: Small.
Enrollment is down 4% from 2020-21, when Ada Givens Elementary had 604 students, to 2024-25, when it had 579. The ratio was 26.3:1 in 2020-21 and 23.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Merced County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
290,201
Census ACS
Median income
$65,510
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
59,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Merced City Elementary
- Rudolph Rivera ElementaryElementary · 917 students
- Donn B. Chenoweth ElementaryElementary · 722 students
- Luther Burbank ElementaryElementary · 716 students
- Allan Peterson ElementaryElementary · 690 students
- Joe StefaniElementary · 641 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddleMiddle · 629 students
Other schools in Merced
- Merced HighHigh · 1,943 students
- Golden Valley HighHigh · 1,917 students
- El Capitan HighHigh · 1,793 students
- Weaver MiddleMiddle · 1,073 students
- Pioneer ElementaryElementary · 1,055 students
- Merced County Special EducationCombined · 942 students
Nearby schools
- Herbert Hoover Middle0.6 mi · 629
- Charles Wright Elementary0.8 mi · 527
- Luther Burbank Elementary0.9 mi · 716
- Donn B. Chenoweth Elementary1.1 mi · 722
- Sequoia High1.1 mi · 77
- John Muir Elementary1.2 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Ada Givens ElementaryHow large is Ada Givens Elementary?
Ada Givens Elementary enrolls approximately 579 students in grades KG-06.
Is Ada Givens Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ada Givens Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Ada Givens Elementary?
Approximately 23.2:1 students per teacher at Ada Givens Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Ada Givens Elementary?
Student demographics at Ada Givens Elementary are roughly 15% White, 69% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Ada Givens Elementary in?
Ada Givens Elementary is part of Merced City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.