Cox Academy

Cox Academy, a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Oakland, California, operated by Cox Academy District, enrolls 446 students, covering grades K through 5.

Cox Academy sits inside Cox Academy District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Cox Academy lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 15% Black, 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Cox Academy reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

Around the school, census data for Alameda County shows median household income runs about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Cox Academy is one campus in the mix.

Reach Academy Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cox Academy.

The school occupies an inner-city site. Cox Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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