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What's the most underrated thing about James Dougherty Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
856
Elementary
DISTRICT 787 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUBLIN UNIFIED·NCES 060001908443
James Dougherty Elementary
5301 Hibernia Dr., Dublin, CA 94568 · (925) 803-4444 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL856 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
146 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 175 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 155 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (175) is 67% larger than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
75.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.6pp since 2014
Math
75.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 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 down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 51.4% | 24.0% | 14.4% | 10.2% |
| Math | 54.4% | 21.3% | 16.3% | 8.0% |
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 | 75.4% | 75.7% |
| 2023-24 | 79.3% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.2% | 77.7% |
| 2021-22 | 83.6% | 79.7% |
| 2018-19 | 88.6% | 82.5% |
| 2017-18 | 85.3% | 84.1% |
| 2016-17 | 80.0% | 76.4% |
| 2015-16 | 83.0% | 81.0% |
| 2014-15 | 80.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
76.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 James Dougherty Elementary
James Dougherty Elementary's state test result (76.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Dougherty Elementary this school | 856 | 17.1% | 76.3% |
| Solis Park Irvine | 972 | 15.2% | 69.8% |
| Quail Run Elementary San Ramon | 744 | 17.5% | 70.6% |
| Tom Matsumoto Elementary San Jose | 727 | 13.3% | 77.3% |
| Stonegate Elementary Irvine | 1,037 | 13.3% | 82.4% |
| Canyon View Elementary Irvine | 764 | 12.3% | 79.6% |
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 James Dougherty Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #378 of 5,151 | #32 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #394 of 5,172 ▼ 48 | #33 of 192 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #479 of 5,172 ▼ 205 | #39 of 192 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.1pp | #406 of 5,116 | #30 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 856 | #245 of 5,915 | #5 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #3,567 of 5,352 | #114 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #2,793 of 5,354 | #147 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.1% | #5,249 of 5,625 | #185 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #2,610 of 3,837 | #104 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
856
-30 (-3%) vs 2020
+234% since 2000-01, when it was 256
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 856 | 36 | 23.8:1 | 17% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 828 | 35 | 23.7:1 | 9% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 782 | 34.1 | 22.9:1 | 5% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 886 | 39 | 22.7:1 | 5% (41) |
| 2017-18 | 957 | 38.8 | 24.7:1 | 4% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 874 | 36 | 24.3:1 | 2% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 684 | N/A | N/A | 7% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 14 | 18.3:1 | 3% (7) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Dougherty Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (957 to 856); teachers down 7% (38.8 to 36).
About James Dougherty Elementary
James Dougherty Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in California, with an address in Dublin. It enrolls 856 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That is 84% larger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
The district, Dublin Unified, operates 15 schools serving 12,750 students.
The largest group at James Dougherty Elementary is Asian students, at 69%. Other groups make up 10% Hispanic, 9% White, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, 33% of Alameda County residents are Asian. The diversity index for James Dougherty Elementary is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, James Dougherty Elementary has a ratio of 23.8:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 17%. It compares with 49% for public schools in Alameda County.
A school with James Dougherty Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 69.5%. James Dougherty Elementary scores 76.3%, 6.8 points above that line.
For the population of Alameda County, median household income comes to about $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alameda County counts 394 public schools with about 210,511 students.
The closest school to James Dougherty Elementary is Emerald High, located about 1.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, James Dougherty Elementary is behind the 78.5% nearby average, ranking 7th of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, James Dougherty Elementary had a net loss of 30 students, or 3%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.7:1 in 2020-21, and 23.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Dublin Unified
- Dublin HighHigh · 2,771 students
- Eleanor Murray FallonMiddle · 1,683 students
- Wells MiddleMiddle · 1,041 students
- Cottonwood CreekElementary · 1,023 students
- J. M. Amador ElementaryElementary · 909 students
- Emerald HighHigh · 900 students
Other schools in Dublin
- Dublin HighHigh · 2,771 students
- Eleanor Murray FallonMiddle · 1,683 students
- Wells MiddleMiddle · 1,041 students
- Cottonwood CreekElementary · 1,023 students
- J. M. Amador ElementaryElementary · 909 students
- Emerald HighHigh · 900 students
Nearby schools
- Emerald High1.0 mi · 900
- Eleanor Murray Fallon1.1 mi · 1,683
- John Green Elementary1.3 mi · 661
- Fairlands Elementary1.3 mi · 670
- Harold William Kolb1.4 mi · 696
- Henry P. Mohr Elementary1.8 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About James Dougherty ElementaryHow many students attend James Dougherty Elementary?
James Dougherty Elementary enrolls approximately 856 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does James Dougherty Elementary serve?
James Dougherty Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at James Dougherty Elementary?
Approximately 23.8:1 students per teacher at James Dougherty Elementary.
What is the student diversity at James Dougherty Elementary?
Student demographics at James Dougherty Elementary are roughly 9% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 69% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is James Dougherty Elementary public or private?
James Dougherty Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dublin Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.