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Helen L. Dollahan Elementary

Public Grades K-5
4119th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 29% of California elementary schools
Summary

Helen L. Dollahan Elementary serves 608 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Rialto, within Rialto Unified. Its results vary sharply by grade: third graders performed relatively well, with 45% proficient in English language arts (ELA), above the state and district, while fourth- and fifth-grade math proficiency was 19% and 16%. The most important concern is this divide: stronger third-grade results give way to much weaker performance in the upper grades, especially in math.

Compared with nearby schools, science is Dollahan’s clearest strength: 26% were proficient, the highest result among the 10 nearby schools, though still below the state’s 36% and the district’s 28%. ELA proficiency was 35%, about 1 point above the nearby-school average, but 14 points below the state and 10 below the district. Math was 25%, slightly below the nearby average and district, and 14 points below the state. Third-grade ELA also ranked second among Dollahan and nearby schools, behind Sam V. Curtis Elementary. Attendance is a positive: chronic absenteeism was 14%, below the state’s 18% and district’s 22%, and lower than at every nearby school.

Since 2022–23, proficiency has increased by 2 points in ELA, 2 in math, and 7 in science, although recent ELA and math results fell from their prior-year peaks. The state gap widened in ELA, from 13.6 to 14.3 points, and in math, from 12 to 14 points. SchoolDigger rated Dollahan in the 29th percentile with 1 star in 2025–26, down from the 40th percentile and 2 stars the year before; among Dollahan and nearby schools, it ranked fifth. In 2024–25, 82% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, and the student-teacher ratio was 23.3. SchoolDigger’s relative effectiveness rankings for English Language Learner Students varied sharply: the school ranked in the 50th percentile in 2021–22, the 9th in 2022–23, and the 83rd in 2023–24—a 74-point swing.

608
Students ?
23.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,894
Per pupil spending ?
82.2%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 1060 West Etiwanda Ave.
       Rialto, CA  92376-4769

(909) 820-7943

District: Rialto Unified


Students who attend Helen L. Dollahan Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Ethel Kucera Middle
High:    Eisenhower High
    Wilmer Amina Carter High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
86.7%
African American:
5.6%
White:
2.8%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 42nd percentile in 2015 → 29th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (29% vs 42% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 13 percentile points since 2015
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school29%
District avg34%
California avg42%
4,119th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 29%▬ steady since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
10th of 19Elementary Schools in the Rialto Unified
629th of 968Rialto 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202628.44119 of 580429.0%★☆☆☆☆
202535.63534 of 585739.7%★★☆☆☆
202425.34342 of 586926.0%★☆☆☆☆
202328.24048 of 585930.9%★★☆☆☆
202224.74380 of 588325.5%★☆☆☆☆
201936.53426 of 578940.8%★★☆☆☆
201844.32872 of 566249.3%★★☆☆☆
201734.03512 of 569238.3%★★☆☆☆
201627.14004 of 561428.7%★☆☆☆☆
201536.23251 of 561142.1%★★☆☆☆
201358.72187 of 553060.5%★★★☆☆
201248.92683 of 539050.2%★★★☆☆
201141.83103 of 537742.3%★★☆☆☆
201036.63380 of 531436.4%★★☆☆☆
200949.22541 of 519351.1%★★★☆☆
200845.72626 of 511348.6%★★☆☆☆
200733.93304 of 511335.4%★★☆☆☆
200626.03587 of 481825.6%★☆☆☆☆
200523.23753 of 482222.2%★☆☆☆☆
200426.13476 of 480927.7%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
201979.896 of 74787.1%★★★★☆
201868.9154 of 70078.0%★★★★☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202218.72063 of 22277.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.12441 of 25855.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201825.51672 of 212821.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202464.9545 of 316282.8%★★★★☆
202324.12939 of 32459.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202242.31655 of 331150.0%★★★☆☆
201937.81935 of 327540.9%★★☆☆☆
201864.6712 of 324678.1%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202626.14152 of 556925.4%★☆☆☆☆
202533.03626 of 559735.2%★★☆☆☆
202424.74282 of 561223.7%★☆☆☆☆
202327.34022 of 560928.3%★☆☆☆☆
202228.23908 of 563530.6%★★☆☆☆
201936.73300 of 549239.9%★★☆☆☆
201843.72847 of 541347.4%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202639.93002 of 508541.0%★★☆☆☆
202549.62318 of 510754.6%★★★☆☆
202434.53389 of 510733.6%★★☆☆☆
202339.22964 of 508741.7%★★☆☆☆
202236.63172 of 508437.6%★★☆☆☆
201949.92289 of 496353.9%★★★☆☆
201856.11832 of 483062.1%★★★☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202345.8165 of 33550.7%★★★☆☆
202260.898 of 35672.5%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202629.73954 of 541226.9%★☆☆☆☆
202540.83111 of 546043.0%★★☆☆☆
202429.24021 of 551727.1%★☆☆☆☆
202335.53419 of 536336.2%★★☆☆☆
202229.13914 of 526425.6%★☆☆☆☆
201952.32251 of 517356.5%★★★☆☆
201857.31888 of 508462.9%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202631.83705 of 559033.7%★★☆☆☆
202538.63219 of 562842.8%★★☆☆☆
202426.94095 of 564327.4%★☆☆☆☆
202330.03774 of 563833.1%★★☆☆☆
202221.94520 of 566320.2%★☆☆☆☆
201936.23304 of 551040.0%★★☆☆☆
201844.52752 of 543149.3%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202628.22176 of 292025.5%★☆☆☆☆
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)
African American (2019)87th percentile+46 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)83rd percentile+57 vs school
Homeless (2023)51st percentile+20 vs school
Hispanic (2026)41st percentile+12 vs school
Male (2026)34th percentile+5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)27th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)25th percentile-4 vs school
Female (2026)25th percentile-4 vs school
Disabled (2022)7th percentile-18 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy35%-14 vs state
Science26%-10 vs state
Mathematics25%-14 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 608 students attended Helen L. Dollahan Elementary.

Students at Helen L. Dollahan Elementary are 87% Hispanic, 6% African American, 3% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Helen L. Dollahan Elementary ranks 4119th of 5804 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students who attend Helen L. Dollahan Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Ethel Kucera Middle
High : Eisenhower High
High : Wilmer Amina Carter High

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2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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