Oakland Charter Academy

Oakland Charter Academy operates as a rural-scale intermediate school in Oakland, California, run under Oakland Charter Academy District. Current enrollment sits at 222 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Oakland Charter Academy sits 66% leaner than that benchmark.

Oakland Charter Academy sits inside Oakland Charter Academy District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Oakland Charter Academy logs that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 7% White, 3% Black, 3% Asian. 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, The school lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 31.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 85% of students at Oakland Charter Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Alameda County reports that median household earnings sit near $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Oakland Charter Academy is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fremont High, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Oakland Charter Academy operates from a downtown location. As a public charter, Oakland Charter Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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