About Merced County Office of Education
Merced County Office of Education is a public school system serving Merced County, California, based in Merced. It serves 1,894 students across 8 schools spanning K–12, and is classified as a city: small district. By enrollment it is the #496 largest of California’s 1976 school systems.
Size and structure
Merced County Office of Education enrolls 1,894 students in 8 schools — an average of about 237 students per school. It serves grades K–12 and ranks #496 of 1976 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Merced County Office of Education, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,894 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Merced County Office of Education employs about 130 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.6:1 — below the California average of about 21.7:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 978.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How California funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Merced County Office of Education are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
California reports school and district performance on the California School Dashboard, which rates indicators from red to blue across academic performance in English and math, chronic absenteeism, graduation rate, suspension rate, English-learner progress and college-and-career readiness. Look up Merced County Office of Education on the California School Dashboard.
Accreditation status
In California, most schools that seek K–12 accreditation use ACS WASC (the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges) rather than Cognia. Search Merced County Office of Education’s schools in the ACS WASC directory.
Merced County Office of Education vs. California
See every California district side by side in the California directory.
Look up Merced County Office of Education’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):