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How has Allan Peterson Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
690
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERCED CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062460008899
Allan Peterson Elementary
848 East Donna Dr., Merced, CA 95340 · (209) 385-6700 · Merced County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL690 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
25.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
462 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 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 29% larger than its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
63%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
45.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.5pp since 2014
Math
35.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.6% | 23.9% | 23.2% | 31.3% |
| Math | 17.9% | 17.4% | 28.9% | 35.8% |
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 | 45.5% | 35.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 34.5% |
| 2022-23 | 36.8% | 35.2% |
| 2021-22 | 37.7% | 32.6% |
| 2018-19 | 61.5% | 46.2% |
| 2017-18 | 56.6% | 45.9% |
| 2016-17 | 47.3% | 42.5% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Allan Peterson Elementary
Allan Peterson Elementary's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Peterson Elementary this school | 690 | 67.0% | 38.7% |
| Luther Burbank Elementary Merced | 716 | 70.9% | 37.5% |
| Joshua Cowell Elementary Manteca | 702 | 66.2% | 19.6% |
| Foothill Elementary Corona | 640 | 70.6% | 42.5% |
| Germain Academy For Academic Achievement Chatsworth | 564 | 69.0% | 43.5% |
| Neil Hafley Elementary Manteca | 799 | 61.5% | 21.4% |
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 Allan Peterson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Merced County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #2,617 of 5,151 | #15 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #2,721 of 5,172 ▼ 81 | #18 of 54 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #2,405 of 5,172 ▲ 337 | #12 of 54 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #1,593 of 5,116 | #24 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 690 | #814 of 5,915 | #10 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #4,708 of 5,352 | #43 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #1,562 of 5,354 | #1 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.0% | #3,123 of 5,625 | #50 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #955 of 1,139 | #12 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
690
+128 (+23%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 908
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 690 | 27 | 25.6:1 | 67% (462) |
| 2023-24 | 682 | 26.9 | 25.3:1 | 64% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 664 | 24 | 27.6:1 | 63% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 22 | 25.6:1 | 48% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 26 | 26.0:1 | 55% (374) |
| 2015-16 | 708 | 29 | 24.4:1 | 56% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 754 | N/A | N/A | 53% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 758 | 38 | 19.9:1 | 54% (406) |
| 1990-91 | 908 | 35 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allan Peterson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (676 to 690); teachers up 4% (26 to 27).
About Allan Peterson Elementary
This page covers Allan Peterson Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Merced, California. It enrolls 690 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6. It has 48% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Merced City Elementary oversees Allan Peterson Elementary and 18 other schools, with 11,108 students in total.
More than half of the students at Allan Peterson Elementary are Hispanic (56%). The remaining shares are 20% White, 12% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. The diversity index for Allan Peterson Elementary is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 25.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Allan Peterson Elementary, which has 27. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 3.3 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Allan Peterson Elementary is about 67%. For comparison, public schools in Merced County average 81%.
Allan Peterson Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 47% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Allan Peterson Elementary is 1.6 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 38.7% actual, 40.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Looking at the county, Merced County, median household income comes to about $65,510, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. The county's public schools total 117, with about 59,456 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Donn B. Chenoweth Elementary, is about 0.7 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Allan Peterson Elementary places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
The school's student count rose 23% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Allan Peterson Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Joe StefaniElementary · 641 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddleMiddle · 629 students
- Herbert H. Cruickshank MiddleMiddle · 624 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
- Donn B. Chenoweth Elementary0.7 mi · 722
- Come Back Charter0.7 mi · 128
- Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle0.8 mi · 624
- Merced City School District Community Day0.8 mi · 22
- Luther Burbank Elementary0.8 mi · 716
- Merced High0.9 mi · 1,943
Frequently asked questions
About Allan Peterson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Allan Peterson Elementary?
Allan Peterson Elementary enrolls approximately 690 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Allan Peterson Elementary serve?
Allan Peterson Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Allan Peterson Elementary have?
Allan Peterson Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.6:1.
How diverse is Allan Peterson Elementary?
Allan Peterson Elementary reports a student body of 20% White, 56% Hispanic, 4% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Allan Peterson Elementary?
Allan Peterson Elementary is overseen by Merced City Elementary in Merced County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.