Encinal Junior/Senior High

Encinal Junior/Senior High is a senior high of heavily attended scale in Alameda, California, operated by Alameda Unified, instructing 1,280 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 53% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 15 schools in Alameda Unified (9,260 students total), Encinal Junior/Senior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Encinal Junior/Senior High logs that the largest single group is Asian at 27%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 27% White, 19% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 11% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 47% of students at Encinal Junior/Senior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Encinal Junior/Senior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.3%, the actual is 48.4%, a residual of -2.9 points.

Around the school, Alameda County reports that the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Encinal Junior/Senior High is one.

William G. Paden Elementary 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. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Encinal Junior/Senior High at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 52.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Encinal Junior/Senior High has declined 4%, going from 1,329 students in 2018 to 1,280 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged down from 37% to 27%.

On the community side, the feed for Encinal Junior/Senior High typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.