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Bernhard Marks Elementary

Public Grades 3-5

4799^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 18% of California elementary schools

Summary

Bernhard Marks Elementary is a public school serving 478 students in grades 3-5 in Dos Palos, California, operating within the Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified school district, which faces significant academic challenges statewide.

The school's overall academic performance is below state averages, with particular strengths in supporting its English Language Learner students, who perform notably better than other student groups. However, the school spends more per student than several nearby schools like Grasslands Elementary and Charleston Elementary while achieving lower proficiency rates in core subjects, indicating a challenge in translating resources into outcomes. Compared to other local schools with similar student demographics, such as El Nido Elementary, Bernhard Marks has room for improvement, though it has shown a gradual positive trend in its statewide ranking over the past decade.

Key areas for families to consider include the school's student-teacher ratio, which is higher than some neighboring schools, and patterns of chronic absenteeism that have been volatile in recent years. Performance varies considerably by grade level, with students making progress from 3rd to 5th grade, and science scores are a particular area of focus. The school serves a community with high economic need, and while it struggles within a low-performing district, its effective work with English learners is a notable asset.

478

Students ?

25.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,120

Per pupil spending ?

87.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1717 Valeria St.
Dos Palos, CA 93620-2648

(209) 392-0250

District: Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified

Students who attend Bernhard Marks Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Bryant Middle
High:	Dos Palos High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

82.8%

White:

12.3%

African American:

2.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 8th percentile in 2015 → 18th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (23% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 23 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg18%

California avg41%

4,799^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 18%▲ up 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 8% (2015) to bottom 18% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1436^th of 1,543Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.3	4799 of 5857	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.7	4967 of 5869	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.8	4861 of 5859	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.3	5130 of 5883	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.7	1244 of 1417	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.8	5402 of 5789	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.5	5413 of 5662	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.9	5292 of 5692	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	14.5	5084 of 5614	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	14.3	5174 of 5611	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	19.8	4751 of 5530	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	13.5	5047 of 5390	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	14.6	4970 of 5377	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	18.7	4663 of 5314	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	15.7	4699 of 5193	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	9.0	4966 of 5113	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	6.8	5050 of 5113	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	10.8	4586 of 4818	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	11.1	4594 of 4822	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	11.2	4605 of 4809	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	20.6	1987 of 2227	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.5	213 of 293	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.3	2528 of 2585	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.6	1983 of 2128	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	54.3	964 of 3162	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.5	1224 of 3245	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	42.7	1626 of 3311	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	26.6	542 of 602	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.8	2586 of 3275	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.4	3017 of 3246	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.9	4611 of 5597	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.5	4752 of 5612	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.3	4667 of 5609	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.3	4594 of 5635	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.4	1088 of 1267	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.6	5054 of 5492	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.1	5227 of 5413	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.2	3870 of 5107	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.1	3953 of 5107	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.1	3936 of 5087	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.7	4305 of 5084	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.5	4588 of 4963	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.9	4560 of 4830	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.1	4272 of 5460	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.1	4375 of 5517	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.8	4245 of 5363	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.4	4386 of 5264	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.7	919 of 1110	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.9	4844 of 5173	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.8	4884 of 5084	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.0	4627 of 5628	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.0	4818 of 5643	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.4	4660 of 5638	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.3	5189 of 5663	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.6	1119 of 1272	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.4	5219 of 5510	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.1	5146 of 5431	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.4	142 of 153	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.9	98 of 118	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.5	119 of 140	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	55.3	5 of 18	72.2%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.5	2552 of 2847	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.6	2470 of 2635	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	31.1	1591 of 2420	34.3%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.4	2290 of 2598	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	6.7	2531 of 2651	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.5	2530 of 2661	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.7	2506 of 2726	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.5	2721 of 2834	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.3	2666 of 2737	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Native American (2019)72nd percentile+66 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)70th percentile+54 vs school

Hispanic (2025)24th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)18th percentile~ school

Female (2025)18th percentile~ school

White (2025)12th percentile-6 vs school

Disabled (2022)11th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)10th percentile-8 vs school

Military Connected (2025)7th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy26%-23 vs state

Mathematics22%-15 vs state

Science20%-13 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Bernhard Marks Elementary	Public	3-5	1717 Valeria St.	Dos Palos	93620	Merced County	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 392-0250	478	19	25.1	87.4%	59 (12.3%)	14 (2.9%)	396 (82.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	20.3	4799^th of 5857 public elementary schools	18.1%		18.7	4967^th of 5869 public elementary schools	15.4%	168	19.6		19.6	20.5	26.3	30.9				26.0	21.2	20.0	25.1				22.3							$18,120	$2,634	$15,486
Dos Palos Elementary	Public	K-2	2149 Almond St.	Dos Palos	93620	Merced County	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 392-0260	579	25	23.1	88.1%	56 (9.7%)	7 (1.2%)	497 (85.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.8%)								(n/a)																		95.4	97.2	97.7	96.8	96.8	96.8	$17,912	$2,632	$15,280
Alview Elementary	Public	K-3	20513 Road 4	Chowchilla	93610	Madera County	Alview-Dairyland Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 665-2275	183	9	20.4	55.7%	61 (33.3%)	1 (0.5%)	119 (65.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)								(n/a)				52.6						52.6	48.8						48.8	94.3	94.3			94.3	94.3	$16,725	$3,740	$12,985
Charleston Elementary	Public	K-6	18463 West Charleston Rd.	Los Banos	93635	Merced County	Los Banos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 826-5270	374	14	26.7	73.5%	92 (24.6%)	3 (0.8%)	262 (70.1%)	10 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	41.7	3087^th of 5857 public elementary schools	47.3%		52.3	2435^th of 5869 public elementary schools	58.5%	652	18.3		18.3	32.7	40.9	48.3	52.5			44.2	44.2	31.1	28.3	30.7			33.3							$17,385	$2,641	$14,744
Mercey Springs Elementary	Public	K-6	1900 South Mercey Springs Rd.	Los Banos	93635	Merced County	Los Banos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 827-0302	608	22	27.6	89.3%	30 (4.9%)	5 (0.8%)	555 (91.3%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	3 (0.5%)	16.8	5127^th of 5857 public elementary schools	12.5%		18.4	4995^th of 5869 public elementary schools	14.9%	132	6.7		6.7	28.2	17.4	28.9	33.7			27.1	25.9	14.1	7.9	19.4			16.8	96.6						$15,894	$1,603	$14,291
Arthur E. Mills Intermediate	Public	3-5	1191 P St.	Firebaugh	93622	Fresno County	Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 659-2317	511	21	24.4	86.7%	15 (2.9%)	3 (0.6%)	491 (96.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22.9	4597^th of 5857 public elementary schools	21.5%		28.8	4037^th of 5869 public elementary schools	31.2%	560	22.2		22.2	29.1	24.2	30.9				28.1	27.9	24.8	21.0				24.7							$18,858	$1,490	$17,368
Grasslands Elementary	Public	K-6	1951 Mission Dr.	Los Banos	93635	Merced County	Los Banos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 826-2122	884	29	30.4	85.1%	75 (8.5%)	4 (0.5%)	760 (86.0%)	20 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.8%)	17 (1.9%)	49.9	2595^th of 5857 public elementary schools	55.7%		43.1	2986^th of 5869 public elementary schools	49.1%	391	32.6		32.6	32.9	45.9	52.3	55.4			46.3	47.6	39.3	29.0	33.9			37.6	97.6						$13,552	$1,586	$11,966
El Nido Elementary	Public	K-8	161 East El Nido Rd.	El Nido	95317	Merced County	El Nido Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-8420	156	9	17.3	94.9%	16 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	138 (88.5%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42.7	3027^th of 5857 public elementary schools	48.3%		28.3	4084^th of 5869 public elementary schools	30.4%	1057	23.8	36.8	30.0	46.2	13.3	42.9	50.0	53.3	57.9	44.7	46.2	26.7	42.9	30.0	33.3	36.8	35.9							$24,309	$533	$23,776
Transitional Kindergarten Center	Public	K	1149 East B St.	Los Banos	93635	Merced County	Los Banos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 827-1031	166	8	20.7	75.9%	21 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	139 (83.7%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)								(n/a)																								$17,888	$1,063	$16,825
R. M. Miano Elementary	Public	K-6	1129 B St.	Los Banos	93635	Merced County	Los Banos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 826-3877	778	30	25.9	82.4%	34 (4.4%)	7 (0.9%)	724 (93.1%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.6%)	13.7	5372^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	8.3%		17	5119^th of 5869 public elementary schools	12.8%	253	10.5		10.5	25.8	29.0	23.8	17.3			23.7	14.1	26.0	8.1	7.8			13.3							$16,284	$1,908	$14,376

Frequently Asked Questions about Bernhard Marks Elementary

Is Bernhard Marks Elementary a good school?

Bernhard Marks Elementary ranks in the bottom 18.1% of California elementary schools.

What district is Bernhard Marks Elementary in?

Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified

What schools do graduates of Bernhard Marks Elementary attend?

Students who attend Bernhard Marks Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Bryant Middle
High : Dos Palos High

How many students attend Bernhard Marks Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 478 students attended Bernhard Marks Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Bernhard Marks Elementary?

Students at Bernhard Marks Elementary are 83% Hispanic, 12% White, 3% African American, 1% Two or more races.

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