Melrose Leadership Academy

Set in Oakland, California, Melrose Leadership Academy is a well-populated K-5 school, part of Oakland Unified. It educates 722 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 55% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Oakland Unified runs 84 schools in total, collectively educating 33,973 students. Melrose Leadership Academy is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Melrose Leadership Academy logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder breaks down as 15% White, 9% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Melrose Leadership Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 55% 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), Melrose Leadership Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.0%, the actual is 47.2%, a residual of +0.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Alameda County shows median household earnings sit near $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Melrose Leadership Academy is one.

Horace Mann Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Melrose Leadership Academy. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Melrose Leadership Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 15.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Melrose Leadership Academy's enrollment has increased 42% since 2018, when it stood at 508 (now 722). Black enrollment moved from 8% to 3% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.