2025 California state test results

Merced County school test scores and rankings

Across 88 public schools with results, the median reading proficiency was 37.5% and the median math proficiency was 24.0%. The median combined result ranked at the 38th percentile among comparable California schools.

Schools with scores

Students represented

55,909

Median school percentile

38th

Schools improving

Schools declining

Schools

Rank combines reading and math standing among comparable California schools. CA Percentile shows that combined statewide standing. Select any header to sort.


1	Frank Sparkes Elementary	Elementary	Winton	92.9%	No	71.2%	54.4%	79th
2	McSwain Elementary	Combined (K-8)	McSwain Union Elementary	37.3%	No	52.3%	36.5%	68th
3	Thomas Olaeta Elementary	Elementary	Atwater Elementary	73.8%	No	52.0%	44.7%	62nd
4	Ballico-Cressey Community Charter	Combined (1-8)	Ballico-Cressey Elementary	46.4%	No	46.1%	36.6%	62nd
5	Peggy Heller Elementary	Combined (K-8)	Atwater Elementary	63.7%	No	46.6%	35.8%	61st
6	Harmony Elementary	Elementary	Delhi Unified	83.8%	No	50.0%	43.5%	60th
7	El Nido Elementary	Combined (K-8)	El Nido Elementary	94.9%	No	44.7%	35.9%	59th
8	Mitchell Elementary	Elementary	Atwater Elementary	86.0%	No	45.4%	46.0%	58th
9	Plainsburg Union Elementary	Combined (K-8)	Plainsburg Union Elementary	47.8%	No	51.4%	33.3%	57th
10	Pacheco High	High	Los Banos Unified	76.6%	No	55.3%	22.8%	57th
11	Sybil N. Crookham Elementary	Elementary	Winton	95.6%	No	53.3%	36.1%	56th
12	Winton Middle	Middle	Winton	92.1%	No	46.3%	30.9%	55th
13	Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle	Middle	Merced City Elementary	59.9%	No	48.3%	28.9%	55th
14	Juniper Elementary	Elementary	Atwater Elementary	73.3%	No	46.2%	39.7%	54th
15	Grasslands Elementary	Elementary	Los Banos Unified	85.2%	No	46.3%	37.6%	53rd
16	Elmer Wood Elementary	Elementary	Atwater Elementary	76.3%	No	45.1%	37.5%	52nd
17	Washington Elementary	Combined (K-8)	Merced River Union Elementary	79.7%	No	38.4%	34.3%	52nd
18	Le Grand High	High	Le Grand Union High	87.2%	No	51.0%	20.0%	50th
19	Allan Peterson Elementary	Elementary	Merced City Elementary	69.7%	No	45.5%	35.3%	50th
20	Farmdale Elementary	Elementary	Weaver Union	93.5%	No	41.1%	39.2%	50th
21	Mitchell Intermediate	Middle	Atwater Elementary	75.9%	No	46.5%	24.7%	49th
22	Cesar E. Chavez Middle	Middle	Planada Elementary	89.8%	No	44.9%	25.1%	48th
23	Selma Herndon Elementary	Elementary	Livingston Union	77.4%	No	41.4%	37.3%	48th
24	Hilmar High	High	Hilmar Unified	66.1%	No	53.7%	15.3%	48th
25	Pioneer Elementary	Elementary	Weaver Union	91.4%	No	41.8%	36.2%	47th
26	Buhach Colony High	High	Merced Union High	78.5%	No	53.0%	15.3%	47th
27	Charleston Elementary	Elementary	Los Banos Unified	73.8%	No	44.2%	33.3%	47th
28	Westside Union Elementary	Elementary	Los Banos Unified	81.0%	No	45.0%	32.4%	47th
29	Le Grand Elementary	Combined (K-8)	Le Grand Union Elementary	79.4%	No	41.1%	27.0%	47th
30	Donn B. Chenoweth Elementary	Elementary	Merced City Elementary	62.3%	No	46.3%	31.4%	47th
31	Snelling-Merced Falls Elementary	Combined (K-8)	Snelling-Merced Falls Union Elementary	85.5%	No	48.7%	30.8%	47th
32	El Capitan High	High	Merced Union High	76.3%	No	53.6%	14.3%	47th
33	Aileen Colburn Elementary	Elementary	Atwater Elementary	91.6%	No	42.6%	32.9%	45th
34	Luther Burbank Elementary	Elementary	Merced City Elementary	72.1%	No	43.8%	31.1%	44th
35	Yamato Colony Elementary	Elementary	Livingston Union	77.0%	No	39.5%	33.4%	43rd
36	Winfield Elementary	Elementary	Winton	92.6%	No	39.2%	32.2%	41st
37	Los Banos High	High	Los Banos Unified	78.7%	No	46.7%	13.8%	41st
38	Golden Valley High	High	Merced Union High	85.2%	No	40.8%	17.1%	40th
39	El Capitan Elementary	Elementary	Delhi Unified	93.1%	No	33.3%	36.8%	40th
40	Romero Elementary	Elementary	Gustine Unified	82.7%	No	36.3%	33.3%	40th
41	Delhi High	High	Delhi Unified	90.0%	No	43.7%	14.0%	39th
42	Gustine High	High	Gustine Unified	79.5%	No	48.3%	10.4%	39th
43	Bellevue Senior Elementary	Middle	Atwater Elementary	93.8%	No	40.0%	20.7%	38th
44	Merced High	High	Merced Union High	79.4%	No	41.6%	14.5%	38th
45	Bellevue Elementary	Elementary	Atwater Elementary	91.8%	No	36.8%	30.5%	37th
46	Elim Elementary	Elementary	Hilmar Unified	63.2%	No	35.1%	31.9%	37th
47	Atwater High	High	Merced Union High	82.1%	No	41.5%	13.4%	37th
48	Weaver Middle	Middle	Weaver Union	93.8%	No	32.5%	27.3%	37th
49	Schendel Elementary	Elementary	Delhi Unified	99.6%	No	31.1%	36.0%	36th
50	Hilmar Middle	Middle	Hilmar Unified	66.6%	No	37.4%	21.3%	36th
51	Planada Elementary	Elementary	Planada Elementary	90.5%	No	37.6%	27.0%	35th
52	Franklin Elementary	Elementary	Merced City Elementary	81.7%	No	35.3%	29.4%	35th
53	Shaffer Elementary	Elementary	Atwater Elementary	81.0%	No	36.0%	27.9%	34th
54	Volta Elementary	Elementary	Los Banos Unified	89.9%	No	37.1%	25.4%	32nd
55	Los Banos Junior High	Middle	Los Banos Unified	84.6%	No	33.1%	21.4%	31st
56	Herbert Hoover Middle	Middle	Merced City Elementary	87.4%	No	34.6%	19.7%	31st
57	Dos Palos High	High	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	88.6%	No	37.1%	9.1%	31st
58	Livingston High	High	Merced Union High	85.5%	No	34.5%	9.0%	29th
59	John C. Fremont Elementary	Elementary	Merced City Elementary	84.8%	No	31.0%	27.8%	29th
60	Joe Stefani	Elementary	Merced City Elementary	88.0%	No	35.7%	22.4%	28th
61	Lorena Falasco Elementary	Elementary	Los Banos Unified	79.1%	No	31.7%	26.0%	27th
62	Rudolph Rivera Middle	Middle	Merced City Elementary	85.9%	No	36.3%	14.3%	25th
63	Campus Park Elementary	Elementary	Livingston Union	87.5%	No	27.1%	28.2%	25th
64	Charles Wright Elementary	Elementary	Merced City Elementary	90.1%	No	34.3%	21.5%	25th
65	Ada Givens Elementary	Elementary	Merced City Elementary	78.9%	No	31.0%	23.3%	24th
66	Rudolph Rivera Elementary	Elementary	Merced City Elementary	77.4%	No	36.4%	16.8%	23rd
67	Los Banos Elementary	Elementary	Los Banos Unified	79.9%	No	30.5%	23.2%	23rd
68	Livingston Middle	Middle	Livingston Union	76.3%	No	28.1%	17.1%	20th
69	Leontine Gracey Elementary	Elementary	Merced City Elementary	88.2%	No	29.4%	20.1%	19th
70	John Muir Elementary	Elementary	Merced City Elementary	89.2%	No	26.4%	22.2%	18th
71	Bernhard Marks Elementary	Elementary	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	87.4%	No	25.9%	22.3%	18th
72	Tenaya Middle	Middle	Merced City Elementary	93.4%	No	29.2%	14.0%	17th
73	Margaret Sheehy Elementary	Elementary	Merced City Elementary	94.4%	No	26.1%	19.9%	15th
74	Delhi Middle	Middle	Delhi Unified	86.6%	No	25.2%	15.6%	15th
75	Green Valley Charter	Combined (K-7)	Los Banos Unified	0.0%	No	23.1%	8.8%	15th
76	Mercey Springs Elementary	Elementary	Los Banos Unified	90.1%	No	27.1%	16.8%	14th
77	Yosemite High (Continuation)	High	Merced Union High	83.6%	No	10.8%	2.3%	13th
78	Creekside Junior High	Middle	Los Banos Unified	84.7%	No	22.6%	14.3%	12th
79	Gustine Elementary	Elementary	Gustine Unified	79.7%	No	23.3%	15.2%	9th
80	Don Stowell Elementary	Elementary	Merced City Elementary	96.0%	No	22.2%	16.3%	9th
81	Henry Miller Elementary	Elementary	Los Banos Unified	92.9%	No	22.7%	14.5%	8th
82	R. M. Miano Elementary	Elementary	Los Banos Unified	84.8%	No	23.7%	13.3%	8th
83	Gustine Middle	Middle	Gustine Unified	84.6%	No	18.5%	11.2%	7th
84	Crossroads Alternative Education Center	Combined (7-12)	Los Banos Unified	87.4%	No	18.9%	2.2%	6th
85	Hopeton Elementary	Elementary	Merced River Union Elementary	0.0%	No	18.0%	9.0%	4th
86	Bryant Middle	Middle	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	87.9%	No	16.2%	9.1%	4th
87	Alicia Reyes Elementary	Elementary	Merced City Elementary	96.3%	No	17.8%	10.2%	3rd
88	Merquin Elementary	Elementary	Hilmar Unified	81.3%	No	15.0%	6.7%	2nd

Highest-ranked schools by level

Elementary schools

1
Frank Sparkes Elementary
79th percentile
2
Thomas Olaeta Elementary
62nd percentile
3
Harmony Elementary
60th percentile
4
Mitchell Elementary
58th percentile
5
Sybil N. Crookham Elementary
56th percentile

Middle schools

1
Winton Middle
55th percentile
2
Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle
55th percentile
3
Mitchell Intermediate
49th percentile
4
Cesar E. Chavez Middle
48th percentile
5
Bellevue Senior Elementary
38th percentile

High schools

1
Pacheco High
57th percentile
2
Le Grand High
50th percentile
3
Hilmar High
48th percentile
4
Buhach Colony High
47th percentile
5
El Capitan High
47th percentile

School districts

District scores cover the entire district, including schools outside this place when district boundaries cross city lines. Select any header to sort.


1	McSwain Union Elementary 1 schools districtwide	52.3%	36.5%	65th
2	Winton 4 schools districtwide	50.0%	35.8%	61st
3	Plainsburg Union Elementary 1 schools districtwide	51.4%	33.3%	60th
4	Ballico-Cressey Elementary 1 schools districtwide	46.1%	36.6%	58th
5	El Nido Elementary 1 schools districtwide	44.7%	35.9%	56th
6	Snelling-Merced Falls Union Elementary 1 schools districtwide	48.7%	30.8%	55th
7	Atwater Elementary 10 schools districtwide	44.0%	32.8%	53rd
8	Merced River Union Elementary 2 schools districtwide	38.4%	34.3%	47th
9	Weaver Union 3 schools districtwide	36.9%	32.4%	44th
10	Le Grand Union Elementary 1 schools districtwide	41.1%	27.0%	42nd
11	Planada Elementary 2 schools districtwide	41.5%	26.0%	42nd
12	Le Grand Union High 1 schools districtwide	48.1%	18.5%	41st
13	Delhi Unified 5 schools districtwide	35.5%	28.7%	38th
14	Hilmar Unified 4 schools districtwide	37.8%	23.4%	33rd
15	Livingston Union 4 schools districtwide	32.4%	25.5%	29th
16	Merced City Elementary 18 schools districtwide	34.9%	21.9%	28th
17	Merced Union High 7 schools districtwide	42.4%	13.5%	27th
18	Los Banos Unified 15 schools districtwide	33.9%	21.4%	26th
19	Gustine Unified 4 schools districtwide	26.1%	15.0%	12th
20	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified 3 schools districtwide	22.4%	14.5%	9th

Cities in Merced County

Merced29 schools Los Banos15 schools Atwater12 schools Delhi5 schools Livingston5 schools Winton5 schools Dos Palos3 schools Gustine3 schools Hilmar3 schools

How these rankings work

Rankings use the latest available California reading and math results. Schools are compared with other California schools serving similar grade levels. Medians describe the typical local result and are not districtwide averages. Virtual schools are excluded, and cities with fewer than three scored schools are omitted from the indexed location directory.

Data sources and methodology Search all schools in Merced