John Green Elementary

John Green Elementary is a primary school of mid-tier scale in Dublin, California, operated by Dublin Unified, serveing 661 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so John Green Elementary sits 42% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 15 schools in Dublin Unified (12,750 students total), John Green Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, John Green Elementary lists that 84% of students identify as Asian, making the school strongly Asian-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, John Green Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, John Green Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.8%, the actual is 82.0%, a residual of +7.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Alameda County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. John Green Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

The closest other public school is Eleanor Murray Fallon, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John Green Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 83.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 851 students in 2018 compared to 661 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment rose from 72% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 today.

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