Oakdale High

Oakdale High is a secondary school of big scale in Oakdale, California, run under Oakdale Joint Unified, hosting 1,563 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 87% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 9 schools in Oakdale Joint Unified (5,113 students total), Oakdale High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oakdale High records that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 42% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Oakdale High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Stanislaus County (around 71%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Oakdale High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 58.8%; actual is 36.1%, a gap of -22.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Stanislaus County shows median household earnings sit near $81,468, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Stanislaus County runs 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), of which Oakdale High is one.

East Stanislaus High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oakdale High at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 40.8%.

Oakdale High operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Oakdale High's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,568 (now 1,563). The White share of enrollment fell from 61% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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