Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of El Nido. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in El Nido.
El Nido
1 scored school near El Nido
Each school level has its own list. Scores use California’s state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26 elementary and middle; 2024–25 high school.
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The district is known for every school. IB and Public Waldorf are checked against the International Baccalaureate’s directory and the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education’s member list.
These schools take students by address, so the district is the filter that matters.
These come from each charter’s own website. We have read 0 of the 1 charter here. A school we have not read is never counted as a “no”.
We hold no program detail for magnets yet, only how they admit.
These are the nearest schools of every kind. Choose a kind of school to see that kind across the whole 20 miles.
0 schools take students by address. Your home address decides which one your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your street.
1 charter school. A charter takes students from any address and runs its own lottery; you apply to each one. We have read no coming dates on their sites.
No magnets or schools of choice are within 20 miles of El Nido.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near El Nido?
1 scored elementary school is within 20 miles of El Nido. The closest is Merced Scholars Charter, 11.2 miles away.
Distance 11.2mi
Merced Scholars CharterCharter
Merced County Office of Education · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1285% below the standard
Scope Score 68Needs Support · 8th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in El Nido, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Middle
Which middle schools are near El Nido?
1 scored middle school is within 20 miles of El Nido. The closest is Merced Scholars Charter, 11.2 miles away.
Distance 11.2mi
Merced Scholars CharterCharter
Merced County Office of Education · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1384% below the standard
Scope Score 69Needs Support · 11th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in El Nido, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near El Nido?
1 scored high school is within 20 miles of El Nido. The closest is Merced Scholars Charter, 11.2 miles away.
These results are from spring 2025, when the state called its top two levels Exceeded and Met. The state now calls the same levels Advanced and Proficient.
Distance 11.2mi
Merced Scholars CharterCharter
Merced County Office of Education · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
2169% below the standard
Scope Score 70Needs Support · 24th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in El Nido, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2024–25. High school Scope Scores use spring 2025 tests. They include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests.
Private schools
Which private schools are near El Nido?
Private schools don’t take California’s state tests, so there is no state testing data for them. We list them and never score them.
- Chowchilla SDA SchoolGrades K–8 · 29 students10.1 mi
- Harvest Christian SchoolGrades 1–11 · 42 students11.2 mi
- Our Lady of MercyGrades K–8 · 248 students11.6 mi
- St. Paul SchoolGrades Pre-K–6 · 108 students12.4 mi
- Stone Ridge Christian SchoolGrades Pre-K–12 · 448 students13.3 mi
- Stone Ridge Christian ElementaryGrades Pre-K–12 · 520 students13.8 mi
- Gospel Defenders Christian AcademyGrades 2–12 · 28 students13.8 mi
- Landmark ChristianGrades K–12 · 35 students16.7 mi
- Private School in homeGrades K–10 · 121 students16.8 mi
- St. AnthonyGrades K–8 · 101 students17.0 mi
10 private schools are within 20 miles of El Nido, nearest first. Source: the federal private-school survey and private schools’ filings with the state. Tuition is the lowest and highest yearly price on the school’s own site, where we have read it.
Districts nearby
Which districts run the schools near El Nido?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- Merced County Office of Education1 public or charter school in the lists above