Rudolph Rivera Elementary

Rudolph Rivera Elementary, a well-populated elementary-level community in Merced, California, run under Merced City Elementary, enrolls 917 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 97% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Rudolph Rivera Elementary is one of 19 schools operated by Merced City Elementary, a district that instructs 11,108 students overall.

On demographics, Rudolph Rivera Elementary shows that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 14% Asian, 8% Black, 7% White, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Rudolph Rivera Elementary logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Rudolph Rivera Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rudolph Rivera Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Merced County put median household earnings sit near $65,510, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Merced County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students), of which Rudolph Rivera Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rudolph Rivera Middle, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rudolph Rivera Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rudolph Rivera Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.3%.

Rudolph Rivera Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rudolph Rivera Elementary has edged up 35%, going from 678 students in 2018 to 917 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 54% to 64% across the same window.

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