Merced Scholars Charter

Located at 1850 Wardrobe Ave. Bldg. H, in Merced, California, Merced Scholars Charter is a small all-grades campus that educates 334 students (grades K through 12), overseen by Merced County Office of Education. That puts it 45% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 602 students.

Merced Scholars Charter is one of 8 schools operated by Merced County Office of Education, a district that works with 1,894 students overall.

On demographics, Merced Scholars Charter records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 16% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Merced Scholars Charter tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Merced Scholars Charter performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.9%, the actual is 21.1%, a residual of -10.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Merced County) records that median household earnings sit near $65,510, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Merced County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students), Merced Scholars Charter is one campus in the mix.

Valley Merced Community is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Merced Scholars Charter. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Merced Scholars Charter at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 20.5%.

Merced Scholars Charter operates from a high-density location. Merced Scholars Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Merced Scholars Charter's enrollment has ticked up 169% since 2018, when it stood at 124 (now 334). The White share of enrollment edged down from 27% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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