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What's the biggest difference between Highland Community and what you expected?
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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND UNIFIED·NCES 062805004274
Highland Community
8521 A St., Oakland, CA 94621 · (510) 879-2125 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
22.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
454 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 93 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
36%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
10.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
6.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 1.8% | 8.7% | 16.4% | 73.1% |
| Math | 0.9% | 5.9% | 23.1% | 70.1% |
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 | 10.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023-24 | 8.8% | 6.6% |
| 2022-23 | 8.3% | 4.7% |
| 2021-22 | 13.8% | 6.2% |
| 2018-19 | 13.0% | 10.2% |
| 2017-18 | 12.9% | 4.3% |
| 2016-17 | 13.1% | 5.9% |
| 2015-16 | 9.0% | 5.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
8.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Highland Community
Highland Community's state test result (8.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Community this school | 457 | 99.3% | 8.2% |
| McKinley Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 474 | 99.2% | 20.1% |
| Manchester Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 509 | 98.0% | 27.9% |
| One Hundred Eighteenth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 465 | 98.3% | 27.0% |
| E. Neal Roberts Elementary San Bernardino | 425 | 96.5% | 24.9% |
| Captain Leland Norton Elementary San Bernardino | 460 | 97.0% | 35.3% |
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 Highland Community ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.2% | #5,127 of 5,151 | #184 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.8% | #5,133 of 5,172 ▼ 14 | #186 of 192 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #5,135 of 5,172 ▲ 10 | #184 of 192 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.4pp | #1,382 of 5,116 | #80 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #2,936 of 5,915 | #108 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,426 of 5,352 | #69 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #3,652 of 5,354 | #176 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #23 of 5,625 | #4 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.2% | #131 of 1,139 | #5 of 48 |
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
457
+140 (+44%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 929
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 457 | 20.5 | 22.3:1 | 99% (454) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 18 | 25.2:1 | 99% (450) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 19 | 23.5:1 | 98% (440) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 14 | 22.6:1 | 93% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 351 | 13 | 27.0:1 | 97% (342) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 14 | 25.6:1 | 94% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | N/A | N/A | 85% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 804 | 44 | 18.3:1 | 88% (710) |
| 1990-91 | 929 | 35 | 26.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Community.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (351 to 457); teachers up 58% (13 to 20.5).
About Highland Community
Highland Community is an elementary school in Oakland, California, reachable at (510) 879-2125. Enrollment stands at 457 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
Oakland Unified runs 84 schools with a combined 33,973 students. Highland Community is one of them.
The student body at Highland Community is 78% Hispanic. The school is also 16% Black and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 23%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 36, compared with 70 nationally.
Highland Community reports a ratio of 22.3 students per teacher, from 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. Lunch program data show 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Alameda County is 49%.
Highland Community earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 2% of California public elementary schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 21.3%. Highland Community scores 8.2%.
For the population of Alameda County, the median household earns about $129,367 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Alameda County, 394 public schools serve about 210,511 students.
The closest school to Highland Community is EnCompass Academy Elementary, located about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Highland Community at 4th of 6.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 317 students at Highland Community; in 2024-25, 457. The grades served may not have been the same in both years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oakland Unified
- Oakland Technical HighHigh · 1,812 students
- Oakland HighHigh · 1,579 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 1,250 students
- Fremont HighHigh · 1,166 students
- Coliseum College Prep AcademyHigh · 861 students
- Edna Brewer MiddleMiddle · 785 students
Other schools in Oakland
- Oakland Technical HighHigh · 1,812 students
- Oakland HighHigh · 1,579 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 1,250 students
- Fremont HighHigh · 1,166 students
- Yu Ming CharterElementary · 959 students
- Coliseum College Prep AcademyHigh · 861 students
Other Highland Community schools
One other US public school is named Highland Community. Highland Community is the largest of the 2.
- Highland Community SchoolMilwaukee, WI · 387 students
Nearby schools
- EnCompass Academy Elementary0.4 mi · 283
- ACORN Woodland Elementary0.4 mi · 291
- East Oakland Pride Elementary0.6 mi · 314
- Aspire College Academy0.8 mi · 206
- Elmhurst United Middle0.8 mi · 729
- Oakland Unity Middle0.8 mi · 132
Frequently asked questions
About Highland CommunityWhat is the total enrollment at Highland Community?
Highland Community enrolls approximately 457 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Highland Community serve?
Highland Community serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Highland Community?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Highland Community is approximately 22.3:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Highland Community?
At Highland Community, the student body is approximately 78% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Highland Community public or private?
Highland Community is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oakland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.