Brookfield Elementary

Brookfield Elementary operates as a very small elementary school in Oakland, California. Federal data show 133 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.

Oakland Unified oversees Brookfield Elementary and 83 other schools, with 33,973 students in total.

Of every 100 students at Brookfield Elementary, about 56 are Hispanic. The school is also 23% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% White, and 5% Pacific Islander. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 23%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Brookfield Elementary scores 62%.

With 5.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 24.2:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 1.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 100% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 49% average for public schools in Alameda County.

The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 8.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 20.9%.

For Alameda County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $129,367, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 394 public schools in the county, enrolling about 210,511, Brookfield Elementary among them.

A public school about 0.4 miles away, Lighthouse Community Charter High, is the closest to Brookfield Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Brookfield Elementary. On proficiency, Brookfield Elementary is behind the 15.8% nearby average, ranking 5th of 5.

NCES describes the area around Brookfield Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

Between 2017-18 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 296 to 133. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 29% to 23% over the same period. Federal data show the ratio rising from 20.4:1 to 24.2:1.

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