Impact of COVID-19 on Valley Merced Community
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 2664th of 2715 Middle schools | Ranks 2788th of 2802 Middle schools | 1.4% |
Ranks 1742nd of 2133 High schools | Ranks 2237th of 2348 High schools | 13.6% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Valley Merced Community) | 10 | 2.6 | 7.4% |
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Merced County Office of Education) | 23 | 12.7 | 10.3% |
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California) | 49.4 | 45.7 | 3.8% |
8th Grade Mathematics (Valley Merced Community) | 0 | 0 | |
8th Grade Mathematics (Merced County Office of Education) | 8.3 | 3.8 | 4.6% |
8th Grade Mathematics (California) | 36.6 | 29.9 | 6.7% |
8th Grade Science (Valley Merced Community) | 0 | 0 | |
8th Grade Science (Merced County Office of Education) | 8.1 | 5.1 | 2.9% |
8th Grade Science (California) | 30.8 | 28.8 | 2.1% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Valley Merced Community) | 3.7 | 6.2 | 2.5% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Merced County Office of Education) | 15.7 | 9.1 | 6.6% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California) | 57.3 | 55.4 | 1.9% |
11th Grade Mathematics (Valley Merced Community) | 0 | 0 | |
11th Grade Mathematics (Merced County Office of Education) | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1% |
11th Grade Mathematics (California) | 32.2 | 27.4 | 4.9% |
12th Grade Science (Valley Merced Community) | 9.5 | 3.1 | 6.4% |
12th Grade Science (Merced County Office of Education) | 8.6 | 9.9 | 1.3% |
12th Grade Science (California) | 25.6 | 26.9 | 1.3% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 196 | 232 | 18.4% |
African American | 11 | 11 | |
American Indian | 0 | 0 | |
Asian | 1 | 2 | 100% |
Hispanic | 141 | 181 | 28.4% |
Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | |
White | 36 | 29 | 19.4% |
Two or More Races | 6 | 8 | 33.3% |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 77% | 94% | 16.9% |