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What's one thing Donlon Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
700
Elementary
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANTON UNIFIED·NCES 060002009283
Donlon Elementary
4150 Dorman Rd., Pleasanton, CA 94588 · (925) 426-4220 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL700 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
73 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 142 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (142) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
75.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.5pp since 2014
Math
75.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 51.7% | 23.9% | 12.7% | 11.8% |
| Math | 53.8% | 22.1% | 17.2% | 7.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.5% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 81.9% | 81.8% |
| 2022-23 | 80.9% | 82.9% |
| 2021-22 | 81.7% | 80.4% |
| 2018-19 | 79.2% | 78.4% |
| 2017-18 | 80.4% | 78.7% |
| 2016-17 | 76.3% | 74.4% |
| 2015-16 | 81.0% | 80.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 73.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
78.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Donlon Elementary
Donlon Elementary's state test result (78.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donlon Elementary this school | 700 | 10.4% | 78.8% |
| Carver Elementary San Marino | 777 | 10.8% | 88.9% |
| Fairlands Elementary Pleasanton | 670 | 10.6% | 76.5% |
| Loma Ridge Elementary Irvine | 766 | 11.5% | 71.5% |
| Canyon View Elementary Irvine | 764 | 12.3% | 79.6% |
| Sebastian Questa Elementary Mountain House | 822 | 8.2% | 72.6% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Donlon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #279 of 5,151 | #21 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #384 of 5,172 ▼ 211 | #32 of 192 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #471 of 5,172 ▼ 291 | #37 of 192 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.4pp | #493 of 5,116 | #36 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 700 | #758 of 5,915 | #19 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #3,856 of 5,352 | #125 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #2,652 of 5,354 | #143 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.4% | #5,459 of 5,625 | #198 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #2,145 of 3,837 | #80 of 138 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
700
-54 (-7%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 652
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 26.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 700 | 29 | 24.1:1 | 10% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 729 | 31 | 23.5:1 | 8% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 30 | 24.6:1 | 7% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 754 | 29 | 26.0:1 | 6% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 814 | 32 | 25.4:1 | 7% (55) |
| 2015-16 | 825 | 32 | 25.8:1 | 4% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 753 | N/A | N/A | 4% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 850 | 41 | 20.7:1 | 2% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 652 | 26 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Donlon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (814 to 700); teachers down 9% (32 to 29).
About Donlon Elementary
Donlon Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Pleasanton, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 700 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 51% larger than average.
Donlon Elementary is part of a district of 16 schools: Pleasanton Unified, with 13,302 students.
The share of Asian students at Donlon Elementary is 67%, a majority. Other students are 15% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 33% Asian share among all Alameda County residents. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Donlon Elementary are from different groups.
Donlon Elementary lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 24.1 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. About 10% of students at Donlon Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 49% average for public schools in Alameda County is 39 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Donlon Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 78% of California public elementary schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Donlon Elementary's results are 5.3 points above predicted: 78.8% against 73.4%.
Looking at the county, Alameda County, median household income comes to about $129,367, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 394, with about 210,511 students.
The closest school to Donlon Elementary is Thomas S. Hart Middle, located about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Donlon Elementary's average proficiency of 78.8% compares with 79.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put Donlon Elementary inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
From 754 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 700 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 24.1:1, from 26.0:1.
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Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pleasanton Unified
- Amador Valley HighHigh · 2,583 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 2,169 students
- Thomas S. Hart MiddleMiddle · 1,129 students
- Harvest Park MiddleMiddle · 1,015 students
- Pleasanton MiddleMiddle · 944 students
- Fairlands ElementaryElementary · 670 students
Other schools in Pleasanton
- Amador Valley HighHigh · 2,583 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 2,169 students
- Thomas S. Hart MiddleMiddle · 1,129 students
- Harvest Park MiddleMiddle · 1,015 students
- Pleasanton MiddleMiddle · 944 students
- Fairlands ElementaryElementary · 670 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas S. Hart Middle0.6 mi · 1,129
- Lydiksen Elementary0.7 mi · 586
- Foothill High1.0 mi · 2,169
- Walnut Grove Elementary1.4 mi · 629
- Harvest Park Middle1.5 mi · 1,015
- Dublin Unified Transition Program1.9 mi · 20
Frequently asked questions
About Donlon ElementaryHow large is Donlon Elementary?
Donlon Elementary enrolls approximately 700 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Donlon Elementary serve?
Donlon Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Donlon Elementary have?
Donlon Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Donlon Elementary?
At Donlon Elementary, the student body is approximately 15% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 67% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Donlon Elementary public or private?
Donlon Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pleasanton Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.