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Snelling-Merced Falls Union Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Snelling.

Snelling’s Schools page →

Students
55
Schools
1
Spent per student
$20,696
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
11:1
Free or reduced lunch
85%
The gist

What stands out about Snelling-Merced Falls Union Elementary School District

  • Its letter, B: results better than 61% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 9 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 8 pts above the state
  • 11 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 26.7% since 2020–21
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B: better than 61% 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 close to the state, 2021–22
B
The town it serves, and its School Grade
Snelling 243

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Snelling. Grade by grade →

K–8Snelling-Merced Falls ElementaryThis district
9–126 high schoolsMerced Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency20–29%
State average 33.1% · 38 students tested
Reading / language arts50–59%
State average 46.7% · 39 students tested

95% 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
$20,696 per student · 2% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 63%Support & administration 32%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 49%State 38%Federal 13%

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

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

Enrollment over time
75’20
55’21
53’22
56’23
55’24

Down 26.7% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 53%White 42%Two or more races 5%

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.

Snelling-Merced Falls Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Snelling
B+
55 students11:1

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.