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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELHI UNIFIED·NCES 060003901213
Schendel Elementary
16114 Schendel Ave., Delhi, CA 95315 · (209) 656-2040 · Merced County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
16.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
456 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 119 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 113% larger than its 6th grade class (56).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Delhi Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.9pp since 2014
Math
36.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.1% | 20.0% | 27.6% | 41.3% |
| Math | 12.4% | 23.6% | 25.3% | 38.7% |
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 | 31.1% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.1% | 16.3% |
| 2021-22 | 32.9% | 17.2% |
| 2020-21 | 22.3% | 11.1% |
| 2018-19 | 36.8% | 26.0% |
| 2017-18 | 29.7% | 23.6% |
| 2016-17 | 31.3% | 24.5% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Schendel Elementary
Schendel Elementary's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schendel Elementary this school | 458 | 99.6% | 27.5% |
| Global Family Elementary Oakland | 446 | 98.0% | 14.4% |
| Van Nuys Elementary Van Nuys | 459 | 96.9% | 32.0% |
| Oak View Elementary Huntington Beach | 458 | 98.0% | 26.4% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary Santa Ana | 457 | 97.4% | 16.6% |
| Robert Heideman Elementary Tustin | 502 | 97.0% | 26.4% |
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 Schendel Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Merced County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #3,807 of 5,151 | #38 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #2,646 of 5,172 ▲ 1,852 | #15 of 54 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #3,863 of 5,172 ▲ 394 | #39 of 54 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #819 of 5,116 | #13 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #2,918 of 5,915 | #38 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #71 of 5,352 | #1 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.5% | #4,821 of 5,354 | #51 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #16 of 5,625 | #1 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #2,727 of 3,837 | #20 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
458
+39 (+9%) vs 2020
-54% since 2000-01, when it was 999
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 458 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 100% (456) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 92% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 24.9 | 18.1:1 | 80% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 19 | 22.1:1 | 87% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 24 | 21.1:1 | 89% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 27 | 19.5:1 | 80% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | N/A | N/A | 91% (587) |
| 2000-01 | 999 | 52 | 19.2:1 | 80% (801) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schendel Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (507 to 458); teachers up 17% (24 to 28).
About Schendel Elementary
Schendel Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Delhi, California. In all, 458 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6.
Schendel Elementary is run by Delhi Unified, whose 5 schools enroll 2,276 students.
Roughly 93% of students at Schendel Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups include 3% White and 2% Asian. By comparison, Merced County residents are about 63% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Schendel Elementary scores 13%.
On staff are 28 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 6.0 more students per teacher than here. Schendel Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%. On average, public schools in Merced County report 81%.
Among California public elementary schools, Schendel Elementary outscored 48%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Schendel Elementary is 6.3 points above its prediction. Actual: 27.5%. Predicted: 21.2%.
In Merced County, the median household earns about $65,510 a year, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Across Merced County, 117 public schools serve about 59,456 students.
The closest school to Schendel Elementary is El Capitan Elementary, located about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Schendel Elementary is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
Federal data place Schendel Elementary in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 39 students, from 419 to 458. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.4:1) than in 2020-21 (22.1:1).
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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 Delhi Unified
- Delhi HighHigh · 710 students
- Harmony ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Delhi MiddleMiddle · 367 students
- El Capitan ElementaryElementary · 289 students
Other schools in Delhi
- Delhi HighHigh · 710 students
- Harmony ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Delhi MiddleMiddle · 367 students
- El Capitan ElementaryElementary · 289 students
Nearby schools
- El Capitan Elementary0.6 mi · 289
- Delhi Middle0.6 mi · 367
- Delhi High0.6 mi · 710
- Harmony Elementary0.6 mi · 452
- Livingston Middle3.8 mi · 809
- Yamato Colony Elementary4.2 mi · 627
Frequently asked questions
About Schendel ElementaryHow many students attend Schendel Elementary?
Schendel Elementary enrolls approximately 458 students in grades KG-06.
Is Schendel Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Schendel Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Schendel Elementary?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Schendel Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Schendel Elementary?
Student demographics at Schendel Elementary are roughly 3% White, 93% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Schendel Elementary?
Schendel Elementary is overseen by Delhi Unified in Merced County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.