Merced City School District (MCSD) is a school district in

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, United States. Its headquarters are in

Merced Merced (; Spanish for "Mercy") is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California, United States, in the San Joaquin Valley. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 86,333, up from 78,958 in 2010. Incorporated on April 1 ...

History

Diana Jimenez served as the superintendent beginning in July 2022, and until 2023, when all of the board members agreed to end her term.

Demographics

In the 2008–2009 school year, the district had 2,211 native Spanish speaking students who were classified as English learners, making up 74% of the district's population of English learners. The district also had 1,107 native Spanish speaking students who were proficient in English. The second largest English learner demographic, native

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speakers, had 628 students, making up 21% of the district's English learner population. The district also had 291 students who spoke Hmong as a first language and who were proficient in English.Oppenheim, Jamie.
Parents want English learners in Merced elementary schools to practice speaking more English in class
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''. Wednesday May 12, 2010. Retrieved on February 12, 2012. In January 1983, 10% of the student body of the MCSD was Asian. Most of those students were ethnic

refugees. In a span of less than two years ending in January 1983, over 750 refugee Hmong and Laotian students entered the MCSD.Refugee students jam the schools
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(26 of 35) on March 11, 2012. Dave Small, the superintendent of the MCSD, said that the number is "the size of one school—a good-sized school at that."Conway, Mike.
Refugees' impact on county is given study
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(1 of 20) on March 11, 2012.

Schools

Middle schools

Cruickshank Middle School

Hoover Middle School

Rivera Middle School

Tenaya Middle School

Elementary schools

*Burbank *Chenoweth *Community Day *Franklin *Fremont * Givens (Ada) Elementary School, Givens * Gracey *Muir *Peterson *Reyes *Sheehy *Stefani *Stowell *Wright

References

External links

* School districts in Merced County, California {{California-school-stub