EnCompass Academy Elementary

EnCompass Academy Elementary is a primary school of small scale in Oakland, California, overseen by Oakland Unified, serveing 283 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so EnCompass Academy Elementary sits 39% smaller than that benchmark.

Oakland Unified comprises 84 schools with combined enrollment of 33,973 students; EnCompass Academy Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, EnCompass Academy Elementary reports that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Black, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EnCompass Academy Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.0%; this one delivers 17.7%.

In the area at large, 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 roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which EnCompass Academy Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is ACORN Woodland Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EnCompass Academy Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 11.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 326 students in 2018 compared to 283 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 72% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 28.9:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the EnCompass Academy Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.