Dewey Academy High

Dewey Academy High is a micro-enrollment senior high in Oakland, California, part of Oakland Unified. The school teaches 125 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 85% leaner than the state mean of about 838.

Across the 84 schools in Oakland Unified (33,973 students total), Dewey Academy High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Dewey Academy High records that the most-represented group is Black (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

In terms of school funding signals, Dewey Academy High lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Dewey Academy High is one.

La Escuelita is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dewey Academy High.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 48%: 240 students in 2018 compared to 125 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 45% to 34% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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