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El Nido Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves El Nido.

El Nido’s Schools page →

Students
156
Schools
1
Spent per student
$24,250
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
17:1
Free or reduced lunch
95%
Debt
$3.1M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about El Nido Elementary School District

  • Its letter, C: results better than 31% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 6 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 15 pts below the state
  • Spends 14% more per student than the CA average
  • 17 students per teacher
  • Debt of $3.1M, about $19,551 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C: better than 31% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
C+
The town it serves, and its School Grade

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for El Nido. Grade by grade →

K–8El Nido ElementaryThis district
9–126 high schoolsMerced Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency25–29%
State average 33.1% · 95 students tested
Reading / language arts30–34%
State average 46.7% · 95 students tested

98% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 96% at Merced Union High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$24,250 per student · 14% above CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 54%Support & administration 40%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 32%State 56%Federal 11%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Students
Hispanic 88%White 10%Asian 1%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Left off: 1 school reporting no students for 2024–25.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.