ACORN Woodland Elementary

ACORN Woodland Elementary is a tight-knit elementary campus in Oakland, California, overseen by Oakland Unified. The school caters to 291 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 37% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 84 schools in Oakland Unified (33,973 students total), ACORN Woodland Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ACORN Woodland Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). Beyond that, the school shows 9% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ACORN Woodland Elementary has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting ACORN Woodland Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ACORN Woodland Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Alameda County indicate the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. ACORN Woodland Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

The closest other public school is EnCompass Academy Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ACORN Woodland Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 10.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ACORN Woodland Elementary has shrank 3%, going from 300 students in 2018 to 291 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 in 2025.

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