Oakland High

Oakland High is one of the large four-year high schools in Oakland, California, run under Oakland Unified, with 1,579 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 88% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Oakland High is one of 84 schools operated by Oakland Unified, a district that enrolls 33,973 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Oakland High logs that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 30% Asian, 21% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Oakland High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 27.5%, a residual of +1.8 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Alameda County) logs that median household income runs about $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Oakland High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bella Vista Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oakland High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oakland High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Oakland High's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,568 (now 1,579). Black enrollment moved from 27% to 21% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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