Coliseum College Prep Academy

As a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in Oakland, California, Coliseum College Prep Academy hosts 861 students from grades 6 through 12, overseen by Oakland Unified.

Coliseum College Prep Academy is one of 84 schools operated by Oakland Unified, a district that works with 33,973 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Coliseum College Prep Academy logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Coliseum College Prep Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Alameda County indicate median household income runs about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Coliseum College Prep Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lockwood STEAM Academy Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Coliseum College Prep Academy comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 15.8%.

Coliseum College Prep Academy operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 81%: 475 students in 2018 compared to 861 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.