All About Schools in Dublin, California

Dublin (formerly Amador and Dougherty’s Station) is an East (San Francisco) Bay suburban city and Alameda County, California, United States Tri-Valley area. It sits on the north side of Interstate 580 at the junction with Interstate 680, roughly 35 miles (56 km) east of downtown San Francisco, 23 miles (37 km) east of downtown Oakland, and 31 miles (50 km) north of downtown San Jose. In reference to the city of Dublin in Ireland, it was referred to as “Dublin” because of the large number of Irish who lived there. In the 1890s the post office officially adopted the name.

The Dublin Unified School District operates public schools, including seven elementary schools (Amador, Dougherty, Dublin, Frederiksen, John Green, Kolb, and Murray), two k-8 schools (Cottonwood and Fallon), one middle school (Wells), one alternative high school (Valley), and one secondary school. It serves more than 12,900 students in a diverse suburban community, from preschool to adult education. 

Dublin Partners in Education (DPIE) is the Dublin Unified School District Non-Profit Education Foundation and was established in 1992.

72 percent of students are at least proficient in mathematics and 76 percent in reading, according to the state test scores. The graduation rate is 98 percent. This district has 1075 staff and 12 schools. The current Superintendent is Dr. Dave Marken with Mark McCoy as Assistant Superintendent in Human Resources, John Sorrera as Associate Superintendent in Business Services, Dr. Matt Campbell as Assistant Superintendent in Educational Services. 

The Board of Trustees comprises Dan Cherrier as President, Megan Rouse as Vice President, Amy Miller, Gabrielle Blackman, Catherine Kuo and Tinnie Mukherjee as Student Representative, Dublin High School.

The Dublin Unified School District is a very good place to send your kids, because there are plenty of opportunities for children to excel in multiple fields like engineering, BioMed, all types of performing arts, athletics, and other academic types. The people there are fantastic. They ensure that all their students are safe and get the best education they can possibly get. The majority of the district teachers care deeply for their students and work incredibly hard to make sure students actually understand the content. The school district provides English as a Second Language student with much assistance. They have specialized classes for English ESL students and offer much support from ESL teachers and tutors on almost every subject.

The entire Dublin Unified School District is a tremendous organization of people. They have helped many students get through their journey from 8th grade all the way till now, as a high school senior. The district offers electives for almost everything. Dublin High School also has a very good education, teachers teach very well and the administration is very helpful. The counseling department is also really good and involved. The community involvement with the school and how passionate all the families are when it comes to academics, sports, and performing arts is really a plus. With the various state of the art facilities for the student to have access to, it is, to say the least, a great school district.