AIMS College Prep Middle

AIMS College Prep Middle is a 6-8 campus of rural-scale scale in Oakland, California, run under AIMS College Prep Middle District, enrolling 200 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so AIMS College Prep Middle sits 70% below that benchmark.

AIMS College Prep Middle sits inside AIMS College Prep Middle District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, AIMS College Prep Middle reports that 46% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 22% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% White. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 10% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, AIMS College Prep Middle has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 78% of students at AIMS College Prep Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Alameda County shows the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which AIMS College Prep Middle is one.

American Indian Public Charter School II is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. AIMS College Prep Middle is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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