Edna Brewer Middle

Edna Brewer Middle is a middle-of-the-pack junior high in Oakland, California, run under Oakland Unified. The school enrolls 785 students in grades 6 through 8.

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

On the student-mix side, Edna Brewer Middle logs that 25% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 20% Asian, 20% White, 17% Black, 16% multiracial. Compared to Alameda County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Edna Brewer Middle logs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Edna Brewer Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Edna Brewer Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Alameda County reports that median household earnings sit near $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Edna Brewer Middle is one campus in the mix.

Oakland High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edna Brewer Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Edna Brewer Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Edna Brewer Middle has remained close to its prior level, going from 805 students in 2018 to 785 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 27% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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