📍 1800 Matthew Ave., Atwater, Merced County, 95301
Valley Atwater Community is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Atwater, Merced County. The school has 9 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cindy Gentry. It is part of the Merced County Office of Education school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 3.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 2.9:1.
Valley Atwater Community enrolls 9 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 78% male and 22% female. A teaching staff of 3.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 2.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Hispanic or Latino, 11% White and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 67% |
| White | 1 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 1 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 1 | 11% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
8 of the school's 9 students (89%) 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 Atwater Community is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Valley Atwater 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 9 students, Valley Atwater Community is smaller than the district average of about 237 students per school.
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