Downtown Charter Academy

Downtown Charter Academy is a junior high of tight-knit scale in Oakland, California, one of the schools within Downtown Charter Academy District, teacheing 305 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 54% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Downtown Charter Academy is a school of Downtown Charter Academy District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Downtown Charter Academy records that the largest single group is Asian, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 8% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Downtown Charter Academy records 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.9:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at Downtown Charter Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Alameda County) logs that median household earnings sit near $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Downtown Charter Academy is one.

Community School for Creative Education is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Downtown Charter Academy operates from a metropolitan location. Downtown Charter 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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