Scoop on Dublin High School (San Jose, Fremont: best school, live, military)

[seoulgirl]

Can someone please give input on Dublin High School? Greatschools.com ranked it a 9 which sounds great. Our son has always done well academically, so we are actually more concerned with the environment. He is a bit on the shy side. The last time we relied on greatschools.com, we ended up switching schools because the students were very "gangster" looking and the atmosphere was a bit intimidating. Are there any drug or gang related problems at this school? Any information would be very helpful. Thank you!

[Taboo2]

Originally Posted by seoulgirl

Can someone please give input on Dublin High School? Greatschools.com ranked it a 9 which sounds great. Our son has always done well academically, so we are actually more concerned with the environment. He is a bit on the shy side. The last time we relied on greatschools.com, we ended up switching schools because the students were very "gangster" looking and the atmosphere was a bit intimidating. Are there any drug or gang related problems at this school? Any information would be very helpful. Thank you!

No it's a decent school. Aside from that wierdo who was putting dead animals in the lockers i think it's a good school.

[bayarea-girl]

seoulgirl, I don't know much about that school. But on greatschools.com the 10 ranking is a parent ranking and not national or state ranked. Greatschools is a great place to get parent feeback about schools and to get test scoring information/comparisons.

[aslowdodge]

Dublin is not as highly ranked as the other schools in the area. but it seems to be getting better. I think the only schools that might be rated lower might be Livermore and Granada.

[POR2GEE]

The "wierdo who was putting cats in the school" was actually a 20 something year old male from pleasanton, not a dublin student or graduate. Dublin is a great school with a small town feel where everyone knows each other

[Taboo2]

Originally Posted by POR2GEE

The "wierdo who was putting cats in the school" was actually a 20 something year old male from pleasanton, not a dublin student or graduate. Dublin is a great school with a small town feel where everyone knows each other

All I know is that he was doing it to the poor students of Dublin High which is why i mentioned it. He worked at a vet i believe.

Much like Pleasanton, it has grown TREMENDOUSLY since the 80's. Surprised to hear it still feels smalltown. That is a nice thing to hear.

[SimplyComplex]

I myself attend Dublin High, and I would have to say that it's a very integrated school; there is a lot of diversity culture wise, not to mention academic, sports, music, and art programs, as well as various clubs and what not as extra curricular stuff. Not to mention that Homecoming week and the Gender Wars rally are totally awesome, in my opinion. : )

[tennis368fan]

To be on the safe side, you should also consider Pleasanton, San Ramon, and Danville high schools. Those schools score considerably higher and are even more academically oriented. San Ramon Valley Unified schools includes the cities and communities of Danville, San Ramon, Alamo, Diablo, and Blackhawk. However, I have heard that they are a bit more materialistic because there is a lot of "new money", so that may be one of the downsides. Dougherty Valley High has a sizable Asian-American prescene as result of result of recent Asian outmigration to the suburbs.

If you are looking at Dublin High, you should also check out Castro Valley High, which recently surpassed Dublin High on the API index and may probably score a 10 out of 10 in state rankings when the reports come out, or a 9 out of 10 at the very least. Castro Valley doesn't score as high as San Ramon Valley schools, and I don't guarantee that you won't see any "gangster" looking types, as with any school. If you are that concerned, you should check out the schools you plan to send your child to before you do so.

Other than that, Lowell High School in SF, Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, and Piedmont High School are consistently among the top ten schools in the Bay Area. They are renown for their emphasis on academics, but are very high pressure unless your student is very academically oriented. Piedmont High, I will say, may be a little materialistic as well, while Lowell and Mission San Jose are Asian majority, with Lowell leaning toward East Asian and Mission San Jose consisting of a South Asian component in addition.

[mohawk925]

For someone who is shy it really is not the best school. I am not a shy person at all but i felt watched and judged at all times. If he sticks to one group and doesnt care much about what people think of him he should be aight.....i went there and hated i wish i wouldve went to berkeley high or sumthin....lol

[saxmom]

if you are a minority child with a developmental disability, particularly African American, then you are seriously in trouble. I retired from the military in Dublin and had to fight a tremendous discrimination war for my disabled son to receive a proper education (which he never received in Dublin). Needless to say, for the whole three years that my son attended Dublin High School, he never passed any of his classes because of his disability which the school refused to recognize, and the school district refused to help us. I have heard similar horror stories coming from other African Americans, Hispanics, and economically disadvantaged white parents. Pleasanton continuation high school worked for my son. The Dublin Unified School District works on the Good Old Boy system.