How does Eleanor Murray Fallon compare to other middle schools in Dublin?

Eleanor Murray Fallon has a SchoolScope composite score of 71.0/100, placing it at the 97th percentile statewide. 53% of students exceed standard, with a total of 3,296 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Eleanor Murray Fallon?

52.9% of students at Eleanor Murray Fallon exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 81.1% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Eleanor Murray Fallon improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Eleanor Murray Fallon's proficiency rate increases by 1.1 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This suggests the school may be adding value over time.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Eleanor Murray Fallon?

4.0% of students at Eleanor Murray Fallon are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Eleanor Murray Fallon

Middle School

Dublin Unified DublinAlameda County94568

📍 3601 Kohnen Way

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

⭐

High Ceiling

A high-ceiling school — students here are pushed to exceed, not just meet, the standard.

Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

1,641 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

25:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

Teachers

65 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Maintained

+1.3 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+10.7 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

47.5%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 40 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic4.2%

White7.4%

Asian77.2%

Black1.1%

Other10.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Eleanor Murray Fallon
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	52.9%
Met Standard	28.2%
Below Standard	18.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "81% proficient" for Eleanor Murray Fallon and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

52.9% of students exceeded standard while 28.2% met it. That exceeded rate is 35.6 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 4.6 points above the Dublin Unified district average of 48.3%. The 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 56.1% exceeded — 3.2 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Students here improve by 1.1 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance maintained and Math increased year-over-year. 47.5% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 4.0%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

52.9%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

81.1%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

+1.1pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

4.0%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

2.1%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

3,296

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	536	49.8%	31.3%	12.1%	6.7%	81.2%
7th	553	48.3%	39.2%	7.6%	4.9%	87.5%
8th	565	42.3%	40.0%	11.5%	6.2%	82.3%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	531	59.5%	18.8%	13.9%	7.7%	78.3%
7th	552	54.5%	23.6%	13.4%	8.5%	78.1%
8th	559	63.1%	16.3%	12.9%	7.7%	79.4%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Harold William Kolb

77.099th pctile

John Green Elementary

70.695th pctile

James Dougherty Elementary

63.787th pctile

Also serves area

J. M. Amador Elementary

77.399th pctile

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Middle

Eleanor Murray Fallon

71.097th pctile

This school

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High School

Dublin High

76.496th pctile

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.