Madison Park Academy Elementary

Located at 470 El Paseo Dr., in Oakland, California, Madison Park Academy Elementary is a cozy elementary school that educates 241 students (grades K through 5), run under Oakland Unified. That puts it 48% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Madison Park Academy Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 19% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Madison Park Academy Elementary has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Madison Park Academy Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Alameda County) reports that 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. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Madison Park Academy Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Madison Park Academy 6-12, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Madison Park Academy Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 15.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison Park Academy Elementary has edged down 21%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 241 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 33% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 27.6:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

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