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Alumni: what's one memory from Leontine Gracey Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERCED CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062460008900
Leontine Gracey Elementary
945 West Ave., Merced, CA 95340 · (209) 385-6710 · Merced County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- 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
23.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
416 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 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 44% larger than its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
31%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
29.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.4pp since 2014
Math
20.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.2% | 19.3% | 24.7% | 45.8% |
| Math | 7.2% | 12.9% | 26.6% | 53.2% |
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 | 29.4% | 20.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 21.7% |
| 2022-23 | 25.6% | 21.4% |
| 2021-22 | 25.6% | 19.5% |
| 2018-19 | 28.7% | 21.9% |
| 2017-18 | 28.3% | 16.1% |
| 2016-17 | 24.9% | 14.9% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Leontine Gracey Elementary
Leontine Gracey Elementary's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leontine Gracey Elementary this school | 509 | 81.7% | 25.2% |
| Christa McAuliffe Elementary Oxnard | 476 | 83.4% | 29.9% |
| Allan Orrenmaa Elementary Riverside | 507 | 81.9% | 33.6% |
| Cypress Elementary Covina | 558 | 79.0% | 39.8% |
| Glen View Elementary Escondido | 548 | 83.0% | 32.4% |
| Taylor Mountain Elementary Santa Rosa | 468 | 79.3% | 23.5% |
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 Leontine Gracey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Merced County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #4,049 of 5,151 | #43 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #4,290 of 5,172 ▼ 308 | #45 of 54 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #4,040 of 5,172 ▼ 119 | #43 of 54 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #2,539 of 5,116 | #30 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #2,320 of 5,915 | #30 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,066 of 5,352 | #25 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.5% | #3,880 of 5,354 | #26 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.7% | #1,999 of 5,625 | #29 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #1,972 of 3,837 | #14 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
509
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 951
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 509 | 22 | 23.1:1 | 82% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 23.2 | 22.0:1 | 90% (459) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 22.9 | 22.9:1 | 84% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 21 | 25.2:1 | 84% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 24 | 25.1:1 | 94% (567) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 27 | 22.8:1 | 93% (573) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | N/A | N/A | 92% (539) |
| 2000-01 | 778 | 38 | 20.5:1 | 87% (677) |
| 1990-91 | 951 | 37 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leontine Gracey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (602 to 509); teachers down 8% (24 to 22).
About Leontine Gracey Elementary
Leontine Gracey Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Merced, California, under Merced City Elementary. The student body numbers 509 students, from kindergarten through 6.
Besides Leontine Gracey Elementary, Merced City Elementary runs 18 other schools. The district enrolls 11,108 students.
About 82% of the student body at Leontine Gracey Elementary is Hispanic. Other students are 6% Asian, 5% White, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Merced County residents are about 63% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 31% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 23.1 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 82%. That tracks the 81% average for public schools in Merced County.
The allk12 Grade for Leontine Gracey Elementary is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 20% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.6% for Leontine Gracey Elementary. The school posts 25.2%, 6.4 points below the prediction.
County data help place the school in context: in Merced County, the median household income is $65,510, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. In all, Merced County has 117 public schools and roughly 59,456 students.
The nearest public school is Valley Merced Community, at about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Leontine Gracey Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Leontine Gracey Elementary as City: Small.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 530 in 2020-21 to 509 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 23.1:1, from 25.2:1.
Posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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- 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
- Valley Merced Community0.4 mi · 99
- Merced Scholars Charter0.4 mi · 334
- Margaret Sheehy Elementary0.5 mi · 481
- Tenaya Middle0.9 mi · 607
- Merced County Special Education1.0 mi · 942
- Alicia Reyes Elementary1.1 mi · 540
Frequently asked questions
About Leontine Gracey ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Leontine Gracey Elementary?
Leontine Gracey Elementary enrolls approximately 509 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Leontine Gracey Elementary serve?
Leontine Gracey Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Leontine Gracey Elementary?
Approximately 23.1:1 students per teacher at Leontine Gracey Elementary.
How diverse is Leontine Gracey Elementary?
Leontine Gracey Elementary reports a student body of 5% White, 82% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Leontine Gracey Elementary public or private?
Leontine Gracey 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.