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Merced City Elementary

Merced, California · Superintendent: Julianna Stocking · #129 of 554 California districts by enrollment

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11,108

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,083

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the California median

25.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · California median 21.7

Merced City Elementary is a public school district based in Merced, California, serving 11,108 students in 19 schools. By enrollment it ranks #129 of the 554 California districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 77% of them. Its schools average 585 students each, about the same as the California median of 533. Its superintendent is Julianna Stocking. It spends about $13,083 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 25.4 students per teacher.

How Merced City Elementary compares

Merced City ElementaryCalifornia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,083

California median $13,724 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,948

California median $8,321 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school585

California median 533 · 10% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher25.4

California median 21.7 · 17% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor653

California median 474 · 38% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$186.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 72%Local 13%

Measure	Merced City Elementary	California median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,083	$13,724	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,948	$8,321	FY2020-21
Total spending	$149.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$186.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	438	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,071	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	25.4	21.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	653	474	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The California median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Julianna Stocking

Superintendent, Merced City Elementary

Source: California Department of Education, School Directory, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in California

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Merced City ElementaryMerced · this district	11,108	19	$13,083	25.4	#129
Merced Union HighAtwater	11,062	9	$13,809	20.9	#130
Covina-Valley UnifiedCovina	11,055	18	$13,569	22.5	#131
Los Banos UnifiedLos Banos	11,041	17	$13,973	23.1	#132
Roseville Joint Union HighRoseville	11,002	8	$12,926	23.7	#133

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Rockingham County SchoolsEden, NC	11,114	$10,432	17.5
Boerne ISDBoerne, TX	11,101	$9,729	15.8
Central Kitsap School DistrictBremerton, WA	11,100	$14,587	18.3
Wood County SchoolsParkersburg, WV	11,098	$12,042	13.5

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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