Dow's Prairie Elementary School

Dow's Prairie Elementary School

Public Elementary School | Grade K-2
3940 Dows Prairie Rd,  Mckinleyville, CA
McKinleyville Union Elementary School District
3.2
276 Students
A-
Niche Grade

School Details

Head of School
Kevin Scheffler
Student Teacher Ratio
18:1
Math Proficiency
56%
Reading Proficiency
55%

Niche Grade

B+
Academics
A+
Teachers
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Niche Grade Details

Academics
Reading Proficiency
55%
Math Proficiency
56%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
18:1
Teachers
15
Full Time Teachers
15
Teachers in First or Second Year
9.3%

GreatSchools Rating Details

Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
466:1

Student Diversity

Female
51.1%
Male
48.9%
White
53.3%
Two or more races
18.1%
Hispanic
17.8%
Native American
8.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander
1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
Black
<1%
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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

GreatSchools Reviews
3.2 5 Reviews
1.0 parent
8/18/2023
The teachers are great but the principal, secretary superintendent and the board are incompetent. They don't look for the best interest of the child, they look for what it is easy. And if you are a parent that questions what they do and why they do it, it's is trouble because you become strange from...
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5.0 parent
8/25/2018
Awesome! I went to Dow’s and it still feels the same as it did then.
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1.0 parent
12/16/2014
As a social worker, I have worked with schools across four counties and this school is by far the most appalling. They have an incompetent principal and their TK teacher should not even be allowed to be around children. They demonize children with special needs and do not work with parents on how be...
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5.0 parent
11/18/2013
The teachers and staff make Dows prairie a great school. They r very interactive with the parents.. & open to lots of parental involvement...
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