Burckhalter Elementary

Burckhalter Elementary is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in Oakland, California, run under Oakland Unified, hosting 193 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 58% leaner than typical.

Oakland Unified comprises 84 schools with combined enrollment of 33,973 students; Burckhalter Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Burckhalter Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 27% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 7% White, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

On the income-and-resources front, Burckhalter Elementary reports 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Burckhalter Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.1%, the actual is 29.3%, a residual of +3.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Alameda County indicate median household earnings sit near $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Burckhalter Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Infant and Preschool Program, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Burckhalter Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 248 (now 193). Black enrollment moved from 72% to 46% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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