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Which teacher or staff member at Tenaya Middle deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
607
Middle
DISTRICT 617 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERCED CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062460003696
Tenaya Middle
760 West Eighth St., Merced, CA 95340 · (209) 385-6687 · Merced County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
27.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
556 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
29.2%
CA avg 47.1% . +11.2pp since 2014
Math
10.7%
CA avg 35.6% . -0.3pp 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 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
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
19.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
607
+59 (+11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
27.2:1
was 27.9:1
% White
3%
was 5%
% Hispanic
83%
was 85%
% Black
6%
was 3%
% Asian
4%
was 6%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Tenaya Middle
Tenaya Middle, a reasonably sized intermediate school in Merced, California, operated by Merced City Elementary, enrolls 607 students, covering grades 7 through 8.
Merced City Elementary runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 11,108 students. Tenaya Middle is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Tenaya Middle logs that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 6% Black, 4% Asian, 3% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Merced County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 27.2:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at Tenaya Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Merced County (around 81%), the school's rate is north of typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tenaya Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.9%; this one delivers 19.9%.
In the broader community, census data for Merced County shows 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%. Tenaya Middle is one of 117 public schools in Merced County (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students).
Nearest neighbor: Alicia Reyes Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Tenaya Middle comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 19.6%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Looking at the recent track record. Tenaya Middle's enrollment has climbed 11% since 2018, when it stood at 548 (now 607).
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Tenaya Middle community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Rudolph Rivera ElementaryElementary · 917 students
- Donn B. Chenoweth ElementaryElementary · 722 students
- Luther Burbank ElementaryElementary · 716 students
- Allan Peterson ElementaryElementary · 690 students
- 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
- Alicia Reyes Elementary0.4 mi · 540
- Merced County Special Education0.5 mi · 942
- Margaret Sheehy Elementary0.5 mi · 481
- Valley Merced Community0.9 mi · 99
- Merced Scholars Charter0.9 mi · 334
- Leontine Gracey Elementary0.9 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Tenaya MiddleHow many students attend Tenaya Middle?
Tenaya Middle enrolls approximately 607 students in grades 07-08.
Is Tenaya Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tenaya Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Tenaya Middle have?
Tenaya Middle employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tenaya Middle?
At Tenaya Middle, the student body is approximately 3% White, 83% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Tenaya Middle public or private?
Tenaya Middle 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.