J. M. Amador Elementary

Located at 2100 East Cantara Dr., in Dublin, California, J. M. Amador Elementary is a sprawling elementary-level community that educates 909 students (grades K through 5), operated by Dublin Unified. That puts it 95% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

J. M. Amador Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Dublin Unified, a district that instructs 12,750 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, J. M. Amador Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Asian (86%); the rest is composed of 5% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the income-and-resources front, J. M. Amador Elementary logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting J. M. Amador Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 7% of students at J. M. Amador Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, J. M. Amador Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 89.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Alameda County put median household income runs about $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), J. M. Amador Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cottonwood Creek, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts J. M. Amador Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 82.9%.

J. M. Amador Elementary operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J. M. Amador Elementary has ticked down 6%, going from 968 students in 2018 to 909 in 2025.

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