Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary

Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary operates as a very small elementary-level community in Oakland, California, run under Oakland Unified. Current enrollment sits at 180 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary sits 61% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Oakland Unified, which oversees 84 schools and 33,973 students, Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary reports that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Black, 4% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary records 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.9:1. 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, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Alameda County indicate 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. Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

Esperanza Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 15.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary has contracted 47%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 180 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 73% to 66%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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