James Dougherty Elementary

James Dougherty Elementary is a K-5 school of large scale in Dublin, California, overseen by Dublin Unified, teacheing 856 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so James Dougherty Elementary sits 84% bigger than that benchmark.

James Dougherty Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Dublin Unified, a district that teaches 12,750 students overall.

Looking at the student body, James Dougherty Elementary shows that 69% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school logs 10% Hispanic, 9% White, 9% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting James Dougherty Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, James Dougherty Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Alameda County indicate median household earnings sit near $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), James Dougherty Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Emerald High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, James Dougherty Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 78.5%.

James Dougherty Elementary operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at James Dougherty Elementary has contracted 11%, going from 957 students in 2018 to 856 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 13% to 9% over that span.

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