Manzanita SEED Elementary

Manzanita SEED Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Oakland, California, overseen by Oakland Unified, caters to 436 students, covering grades K through 5.

Oakland Unified runs 84 schools in total, collectively educating 33,973 students. Manzanita SEED Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Manzanita SEED Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%; the rest comes out to 11% White, 9% multiracial, 9% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Manzanita SEED Elementary logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Manzanita SEED Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Alameda County) logs that median household earnings sit near $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Manzanita SEED Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Manzanita Community Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Manzanita SEED Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Manzanita SEED Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 16.1%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Manzanita SEED Elementary's enrollment has increased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 400 (now 436).

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