Farmdale Elementary

Farmdale Elementary, a substantial elementary school in Merced, California, overseen by Weaver Union, instructs 919 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 98% bigger than typical.

Within Weaver Union, which oversees 3 schools and 3,047 students, Farmdale Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Farmdale Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 16% Asian, 4% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Merced County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Farmdale Elementary has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Farmdale Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Merced County runs at roughly 81%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Farmdale Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Merced County) logs that median household income runs about $65,510, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Merced County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students), Farmdale Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Alicia Reyes Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Farmdale Elementary. On composite proficiency, Farmdale Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 17.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 885 students in 2018 compared to 919 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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