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Dow's Prairie Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 2

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
3940 Dows Prairie Rd.
Mc Kinleyville, CA 95519
Phone
(707) 839-1558
District
McKinleyville Union Elementary
County
HUMBOLDT COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
276
Classroom Teachers
15

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

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(10 is best)

Dow's Prairie Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
No Data
40%
No Data
47%
No Data
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
18
18
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 100 36.2%
Grade 1 87 31.5%
Grade 2 89 32.2%
Total 276 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 65.0% 67.4% 23.2%
Black 0.9% 0.8% 5.1%
Hispanic 21.7% 19.2% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.3% 1.6% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 11.1% 11.1% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 67.8% 59.6% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 59.1% 54.0% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.7% 5.6% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 16,897 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 365.7 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.1% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.8% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.2% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 16.3% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,670 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 6.9% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.3% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 34.7% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.7% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.5% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.0% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.9% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.3% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.4% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 9.2% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,025 $8,384,000 57.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $446 $414,000 2.8%
Staff $386 $359,000 2.5%
General Administration $381 $354,000 2.4%
School Administration $1,276 $1,185,000 8.1%
Operation $891 $828,000 5.7%
Transportation $321 $298,000 2.0%
Other $600 $557,000 3.8%
Total Support $4,300 $3,995,000 27.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,328 $2,163,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $15,653 $14,542,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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