📍 1850 Wardrobe Ave., Merced, Merced County, 95341
Valley Merced Community is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Merced, Merced County. The school has 232 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Derek Dean. It is part of the Merced County Office of Education school district. It serves grades K–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 9.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.8:1.
Valley Merced Community enrolls 232 students across grades K–12. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 9.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Hispanic or Latino, 13% White and 4.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 181 | 78% |
| White | 29 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
218 of the school's 232 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Valley Merced Community is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Valley Merced Community is one of 8 schools in Merced County Office of Education, based in Merced, California. The district serves 1,894 students district-wide and employs 123 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 232 students, Valley Merced Community is close to the district average of about 237 students per school.
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