Editing Atwater, California (section)

===Primary and secondary schools===
====Public schools====
Most of the city is zoned to the [[Atwater Elementary School District]]. Schools of AESD within Atwater and serving Atwater include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aesd.edu/attendance_area.htm |title=Attendance Area |access-date=September 2, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509160347/http://www.aesd.edu/attendance_area.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2008 }}</ref>

* K-6
** Aileen Colburn Elementary School
** Shaffer Elementary School
** Thomas Olaeta Elementary School
** Elmer Wood Elementary School
** Mitchell K-6 Elementary School
** Peggy Heller Elementary School
** Bellevue Elementary School
* 7-8
** Mitchell Senior Elementary School
** Bellevue Senior Elementary School
** Peggy Heller Junior High School
* High School
** Atwater High School
** Buhach Colony High School
* Other
** Atwater Valley Community Day School
** Atwater Senior Academy

A small section of eastern Atwater is located in the [[Merced City School District]]; that section is zoned to Rudolph Rivera Middle School.<ref>"[http://www.mcsd.k12.ca.us/files/tsaechao/Proposed%20Middle%20School%20Boundaries%202008-2009.pdf Proposed Middle School Boundaries 2008-2009]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''[[Merced City School District]]''.</ref> Franklin Elementary School is the closest elementary school to the section of Atwater.

[[Merced Union High School District]] operates [[Atwater High School]] and [[Buhach Colony High School]], both of which serve and reside in Atwater.

====Private schools====
{| class="wikitable"
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! School !! Grades
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| Ariel Dear Academy || 2-12
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| Fruitland Christian Preschool || PK-K
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| [[Landmark Christian School (California)|Landmark Christian School]] || PK-12
|-
| St. Anthony School || PK-8
|}