Oakland Charter High

Oakland Charter High operates as a very small secondary school in Oakland, California, one of the schools within Oakland Charter High District. Current enrollment sits at 330 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Oakland Charter High sits 61% smaller than that benchmark.

Oakland Charter High District is the operating authority for Oakland Charter High, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Oakland Charter High reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment; the rest looks like 22% Asian, 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, Oakland Charter High reports 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.7:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Alameda County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Oakland Charter High is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

Nearest neighbor: LIFE Academy, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Oakland Charter High operates from an inner-city location. Oakland Charter High operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.