Summary:
The Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified district consists of five schools serving grades K-12 in a high-need community, where academic performance lags significantly behind state averages despite high per-student spending.
Within the district, Dos Palos High stands out as the strongest performer with a graduation rate well above the state average, while Bernhard Marks Elementary has the best test scores among the elementary schools. In contrast, Westside High faces severe challenges with very low rankings and high chronic absenteeism, and Bryant Middle represents a critical weak point where student proficiency drops sharply.
Key takeaways for parents are that the high school successfully supports students to graduation, but academic foundations are weak by middle school. The elementary schools, including Dos Palos Elementary, struggle to prepare students for the middle school bottleneck, and chronic absenteeism is a major concern district-wide, especially at the alternative high school. The data suggests effective supports at the high school level that may not be present in earlier grades.
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