Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0El Nido’s public schools
El Nido Elementary School District and Merced Union High School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for El Nido. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in California’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
El Nido’s schools, in brief
School by school
3 of El Nido’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s 3,615 public schools. El Capitan High places highest (better than 54%); Livingston High lowest (46%). See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in El Nido, with each school’s own grade.
Kindergarten in El Nido
El Nido Elementary
Grades K–8 · 156 students · 17:1 students per teacher
1st grade in El Nido
El Nido Elementary
Grades K–8 · 156 students · 17:1 students per teacher
2nd grade in El Nido
El Nido Elementary
Grades K–8 · 156 students · 17:1 students per teacher
3rd grade in El Nido
El Nido Elementary
Grades K–8 · 156 students · 17:1 students per teacher
4th grade in El Nido
El Nido Elementary
Grades K–8 · 156 students · 17:1 students per teacher
5th grade in El Nido
El Nido Elementary
Grades K–8 · 156 students · 17:1 students per teacher
6th grade in El Nido
El Nido Elementary
Grades K–8 · 156 students · 17:1 students per teacher
7th grade in El Nido
El Nido Elementary
Grades K–8 · 156 students · 17:1 students per teacher
8th grade in El Nido
El Nido Elementary
Grades K–8 · 156 students · 17:1 students per teacher
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the El Nido Elementary School District.
Two districts serve El Nido
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
El Nido vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the California towns that share El Nido’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| El Nido | — | El Nido Elementary K–8 · Merced Union High 9–12 |
Every school in El Nido
7 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (El Nido Preschool).
Questions about El Nido’s schools
Are El Nido’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for El Nido. El Nido Elementary School District and Merced Union High School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for El Nido. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is El Nido in?
El Nido Elementary School District and Merced Union High School District.
Where do El Nido kids go to high school?
One of six high schools, depending on your address: Atwater High, Merced High, Golden Valley High, El Capitan High, Buhach Colony High and Livingston High.
Parents talk
What El Nido families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near El Nido → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.