Joaquin Miller Elementary

Set in Oakland, California, Joaquin Miller Elementary is a moderately sized elementary school, run under Oakland Unified. It educates 406 students across grades K through 5.

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

On demographics, Joaquin Miller Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 22% Hispanic, 20% multiracial, 15% Black, 10% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Joaquin Miller Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Joaquin Miller Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Alameda County) records that the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Joaquin Miller Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

The closest other public school is Montera Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Joaquin Miller Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Joaquin Miller Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 435 (now 406). White enrollment moved from 40% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 25.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.