Total enrollment
13,665
-561 (-4%) vs SY 2020-21
24 schools in Ceres Unified
California · 13,665 students · 2 cities
Across Ceres Unified (California), 24 public K-12 schools serve approximately 13,665 students, an average of 569 per school.
4-year change in Ceres Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
23
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Ceres Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #382 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 13,665 | #105 of 587 | #628 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 23 | #80 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #485 of 587 | #8,875 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 85.0% | #94 of 587 | #943 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #418 of 530 | #4,614 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Ceres Unified
State test results across the district's 19 scored schools run from La Rosa Elementary at 47.9% proficient to Walter White Elementary at 13.1%, a gap of 34.8 points. That is the 177th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 22 district schools that reported both years went from 14,249 to 13,628 students (down 4%) and from 605 to 587 full-time teachers (down 3%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Ceres Unified
As a low-population district in California, Ceres Unified hosts 13,665 students across 24 schools.
On the school-mix side, Ceres Unified is made up of 15 elementary, 3 middle, 4 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
Looking at the last 4 years. Combined enrollment now sits at 13,665 students, contracted 4% from the 14,226 reported in SY 2020-21.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Ceres Unified discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.