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Alumni: what's one memory from Alicia Reyes Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERCED CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062460009581
Alicia Reyes Elementary
123 South N St., Merced, CA 95340 · (209) 385-6761 · Merced County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
520 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 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 12% larger than its 6th grade class (81).
Student demographics
16%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
17.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.8pp since 2014
Math
10.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.1% | 13.7% | 24.5% | 57.6% |
| Math | 1.9% | 8.3% | 30.4% | 59.4% |
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 | 17.8% | 10.2% |
| 2023-24 | 24.8% | 14.6% |
| 2022-23 | 19.7% | 16.5% |
| 2021-22 | 20.7% | 12.7% |
| 2018-19 | 32.5% | 18.3% |
| 2017-18 | 30.1% | 16.7% |
| 2016-17 | 25.1% | 16.6% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 6.0% |
% 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
16.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Alicia Reyes Elementary
Alicia Reyes Elementary's state test result (16.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alicia Reyes Elementary this school | 540 | 96.3% | 16.8% |
| Rowell Elementary Fresno | 555 | 96.2% | 28.7% |
| Fair Avenue Elementary North Hollywood | 516 | 96.1% | 32.7% |
| Hoover Street Elementary Los Angeles | 551 | 98.0% | 67.7% |
| Rosa Parks Learning Center North Hills | 500 | 96.4% | 25.1% |
| Lytle Creek Elementary San Bernardino | 525 | 97.1% | 18.6% |
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 Alicia Reyes Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Merced County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #4,828 of 5,151 | #53 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #5,034 of 5,172 ▼ 321 | #53 of 54 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #4,953 of 5,172 ▼ 634 | #53 of 54 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.6pp | #1,056 of 5,116 | #9 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #1,982 of 5,915 | #26 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #4,171 of 5,352 | #36 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.8% | #4,661 of 5,354 | #48 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.3% | #283 of 5,625 | #2 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #1,120 of 3,837 | #8 of 35 |
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
540
-109 (-17%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 27.0:1
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 | 540 | 21.9 | 24.6:1 | 96% (520) |
| 2023-24 | 565 | 23.9 | 23.6:1 | 97% (547) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 24.1 | 24.7:1 | 92% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 24 | 27.0:1 | 84% (544) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 27 | 25.9:1 | 95% (667) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 28 | 23.3:1 | 97% (630) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | N/A | N/A | 91% (533) |
| 2000-01 | 741 | 37 | 20.0:1 | 88% (653) |
| 1990-91 | 704 | 29 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alicia Reyes Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (699 to 540); teachers down 19% (27 to 21.9).
About Alicia Reyes Elementary
Alicia Reyes Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Merced, California. It enrolls 540 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6.
Merced City Elementary oversees Alicia Reyes Elementary and 18 other schools, with 11,108 students in total.
Roughly 92% of students at Alicia Reyes Elementary are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 3% Asian and 2% Black. Among people living in Merced County, the Hispanic share is about 63%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Alicia Reyes Elementary scores 16%.
Based on 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Alicia Reyes Elementary has a ratio of 24.6:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 96%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Merced County is 81%.
Alicia Reyes Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.1% for Alicia Reyes Elementary. The school posts 16.8%, 6.3 points below the prediction.
The school is in Merced County, where median household income comes to about $65,510, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Merced County counts 117 public schools with about 59,456 students.
The closest school to Alicia Reyes Elementary is Tenaya Middle, located about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Alicia Reyes Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Alicia Reyes Elementary had a net loss of 109 students, or 17%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 27.0:1 to 24.6:1 over the same years.
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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
- Tenaya Middle0.4 mi · 607
- Margaret Sheehy Elementary0.5 mi · 481
- Merced County Special Education0.8 mi · 942
- Valley Merced Community0.9 mi · 99
- Merced Scholars Charter0.9 mi · 334
- Leontine Gracey Elementary1.1 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Alicia Reyes ElementaryHow many students attend Alicia Reyes Elementary?
Alicia Reyes Elementary enrolls approximately 540 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Alicia Reyes Elementary serve?
Alicia Reyes Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Alicia Reyes Elementary?
Approximately 24.6:1 students per teacher at Alicia Reyes Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Alicia Reyes Elementary?
Student demographics at Alicia Reyes Elementary are roughly 1% White, 92% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Alicia Reyes Elementary public or private?
Alicia Reyes Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Merced City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.