Enrollment
180
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND UNIFIED·NCES 062805011977
Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary
10315 E St., Oakland, CA 94603 · (510) 879-2172 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL180 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
177 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
8.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.7pp since 2014
Math
10.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 1.2% | 7.1% | 17.9% | 73.8% |
| Math | 1.2% | 9.4% | 18.8% | 70.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.3% | 10.6% |
| 2023-24 | 8.7% | 13.1% |
| 2022-23 | 18.8% | 12.1% |
| 2021-22 | 16.2% | 15.2% |
| 2018-19 | 19.6% | 18.4% |
| 2017-18 | 24.0% | 17.6% |
| 2016-17 | 13.6% | 14.6% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 15.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
10.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary
Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary's state test result (10.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary this school | 180 | 98.3% | 10.3% |
| Aspire College Academy Oakland | 206 | 96.1% | N/A |
| Horace Mann Elementary Oakland | 200 | 98.0% | 10.1% |
| Fifty-Ninth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 202 | 93.1% | 29.1% |
| Madison Park Academy Elementary Oakland | 241 | 98.8% | 25.9% |
| Community School for Creative Education Oakland | 183 | 89.1% | N/A |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #5,095 of 5,151 | #178 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #5,020 of 5,172 ▼ 196 | #180 of 192 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #5,158 of 5,172 ▼ 11 | #188 of 192 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.3pp | #374 of 5,116 | #29 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 180 | #5,421 of 5,915 | #205 of 216 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #68 of 5,625 | #10 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.9% | #55 of 3,837 | #5 of 138 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
180
-33 (-15%) vs 2020
-48% since 2010-11, when it was 345
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 21.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 180 | 9.5 | 18.9:1 | 98% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 176 | 8 | 22.0:1 | 98% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 203 | 10 | 20.3:1 | 93% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | 10 | 21.3:1 | 95% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 14 | 24.2:1 | 92% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 17 | 24.3:1 | 91% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | N/A | N/A | 92% (318) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 47% (339 to 180); teachers down 32% (14 to 9.5).
About Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary
In Oakland, California, Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary is a very small elementary school. There are 180 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 61% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary is one school in an 84-school district, Oakland Unified, which enrolls 33,973 students.
The student body at Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary is 66% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 19% Black, 4% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Alameda County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary are from different groups.
Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1, with 9.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 98% at Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary. Among public schools in Alameda County, the average eligibility rate is 49%.
Among California public elementary schools, Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary is 11.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Alameda County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $129,367 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Alameda County number 394, with about 210,511 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary from the closest public school, Esperanza Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary is 5th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 213 to 180, a 15% decline. Federal data show the ratio falling from 21.3:1 to 18.9:1.
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Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy ElementaryHow many students attend Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary?
Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary enrolls approximately 180 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary serve?
Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary.
How diverse is Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary?
Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 66% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary?
Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary is overseen by Oakland Unified in Alameda County.
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