Eleanor Murray Fallon, Dublin CA

Original Research by School Decision on Eleanor Murray Fallon

Eleanor Murray Fallon is a middle school serving grades six through eight in Dublin, a fast-growing suburban city in Alameda County's Tri-Valley region. The school enrolls students from a district that has been expanding rapidly and is currently managing significant infrastructure and staffing transitions.

The school's academic performance shows consistent strength across tested subjects. In English Language Arts, students demonstrate solid proficiency across all three grades, with seventh grade reaching a notably higher rate. Math proficiency is steady and slightly lower than ELA, holding in the mid-to-high range across sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Science proficiency, measured only at eighth grade, falls below the ELA and math results. When proficiency rates are averaged across all tested subjects and grades, Eleanor Murray Fallon ranks in the top quartile relative to other middle schools in Alameda County.

The student body is notably homogeneous in demographic composition, with an overwhelming majority of Asian students and very small percentages of other racial and ethnic groups. The rate of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is minimal, indicating a student population from families with substantial economic resources. Data on English learners and students with Individualized Education Programs was not available, so the school's support for these populations cannot be assessed from the available information.

Dublin itself is one of California's fastest-growing communities, characterized by master-planned residential neighborhoods that continue to expand eastward, a substantial office park and commercial base, and proximity to two BART stations. The city has experienced population growth over multiple decades and is projected to continue expanding. Housing values in the area are high, and the cost of living reflects the Bay Area's affluent suburb profile. This context shapes the economic and demographic character of the school's community.

The Dublin Unified School District has undertaken major capital investments. Voters approved a bond measure that funded completion of a second comprehensive high school (Emerald High School, which opened in the 2023-2024 school year) and authorized funding for a new middle school to relieve overcrowding. A four-day teacher strike in March 2026 ended with a new contract that reduces elementary class sizes and lowers caseloads for support specialists, though this agreement covers primarily elementary schools. Ongoing facility-funding discussions and some community tensions between east and west Dublin over how resources are allocated suggest that future school improvements and tax obligations remain subjects of district debate.

Eleanor Murray Fallon fits a profile of a middle school in an affluent, rapidly growing suburban district with strong academic proficiency overall, particularly in language arts, and a student population with limited economic disadvantage. A parent evaluating this school would find solid testing results and a relatively resourced community context, though questions about special-population supports and the school's specific programs and offerings would require direct conversation with the school itself, as those details were not available in the data.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 678%

School 78% · District 75% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 48 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

Grade 778%

School 78% · District 71% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 48 pts above state median · ▲ 45 pts above county median

Grade 879%

School 79% · District 70% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 52 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 681%

School 81% · District 79% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 788%

School 88% · District 80% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

Grade 882%

School 82% · District 78% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Science

Grade 866%

School 66% · District 60% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 884%

School 84% · District 76% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

This schoolDublin Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income60%Higher-income84%23 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income73%Higher-income90%17 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income69%Higher-income84%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income59%Higher-income81%22 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income62%Higher-income81%19 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income66%Higher-income81%16 pp gap