Summary:
Dana Gray Elementary is a public elementary school located in Fort Bragg, California, serving grades 3-5 with a total enrollment of 365 students. The school is part of the Fort Bragg Unified School District, which is ranked 1282 out of 1568 districts in California and is rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger.
Dana Gray Elementary faces significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, which have increased from 11.4% in 2018-2019 to 41.9% in 2021-2022, notably higher than the state and district averages. The school's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are consistently lower than the state and district averages across all grade levels and years. For example, in 2023-2024, only 24.56% of Dana Gray students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 47.04% statewide and 33.37% in the Fort Bragg Unified School District. Additionally, Dana Gray Elementary has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 80.23% to 83.2% in recent years, significantly higher than the state average.
While Redwood Elementary, another school in the Fort Bragg Unified School District, has similar high rates of chronic absenteeism and free/reduced lunch eligibility, Mendocino K-8, a school in the Mendocino Unified School District, has significantly higher test scores and a lower student-teacher ratio, indicating that the challenges faced by Dana Gray Elementary may not be universal across the region. Additionally, Dana Gray Elementary's performance on various subgroup metrics, such as for female, male, Hispanic, and White students, as well as English Language Learners and students with disabilities, is consistently lower than the state averages for those subgroups, suggesting the need for targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes.
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Detail:
Public 3-5
District:
Fort Bragg Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
4666th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,715
Students who attend Dana Gray Elementary usually attend:
Student/teacher ratio: 18.1
Number of students: 362
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
51.4%
White:
35.6%
Two or more races:
9.9%
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Asian:
1.4%
American Indian:
0.8%
African American:
0.6%
Pacific Islander:
0.3%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 80.7%
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