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Enrollment
1,579
High
DISTRICT 572 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND UNIFIED·NCES 062805004304
Oakland High
1023 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94610 · (510) 879-2304 · Alameda County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,579 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of California public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
86 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
1,425 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 416 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 414 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 397 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 352 | 22% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.4pp since 2014
Math
26.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.4% | 27.2% | 21.7% | 36.7% |
| Math | 9.8% | 16.5% | 13.0% | 60.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 26.3% |
| 2023-24 | 38.2% | 16.8% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 12.1% |
| 2021-22 | 44.4% | 25.3% |
| 2018-19 | 37.0% | 12.4% |
| 2017-18 | 38.3% | 16.7% |
| 2016-17 | 40.3% | 19.8% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 50.0% | 16.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Oakland High
Oakland High's state test result (30.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland High this school | 1,579 | 90.2% | 30.7% |
| Grant Union High Sacramento | 1,987 | 91.3% | 30.8% |
| Jesse M. Bethel High Vallejo | 1,418 | 77.4% | 23.8% |
| De Anza High Richmond | 1,047 | 86.1% | 21.2% |
| Preuss School UCSD La Jolla | 825 | 90.8% | N/A |
| Morse High San Diego | 1,591 | 80.1% | 40.5% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Oakland High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #775 of 1,052 | #25 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #502 of 1,056 ▲ 201 | #21 of 35 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #868 of 1,056 ▲ 36 | #24 of 35 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #333 of 1,044 | #13 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,579 | #530 of 2,093 | #18 of 85 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #328 of 1,352 | #20 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #86 of 1,351 | #11 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #285 of 1,575 | #14 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #305 of 327 | #9 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,579
-71 (-4%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,642
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 18.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,579 | 85.9 | 18.4:1 | 90% (1,425) |
| 2023-24 | 1,525 | 84.4 | 18.1:1 | 91% (1,391) |
| 2022-23 | 1,531 | 87.9 | 17.4:1 | 88% (1,346) |
| 2020-21 | 1,650 | 91 | 18.1:1 | 85% (1,409) |
| 2017-18 | 1,568 | 80.7 | 19.4:1 | 87% (1,369) |
| 2015-16 | 1,583 | 75 | 21.1:1 | 88% (1,396) |
| 2010-11 | 1,777 | N/A | N/A | 75% (1,329) |
| 2000-01 | 2,291 | 102 | 22.5:1 | 42% (959) |
| 1990-91 | 1,642 | 69 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakland High.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,568 to 1,579); teachers up 6% (80.7 to 85.9).
About Oakland High
Oakland High is a large high school in Oakland, California, under Oakland Unified. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 1,579 students. That compares with an average of about 838 students for high schools in California.
Oakland Unified has a total of 84 schools and 33,973 students, Oakland High among them.
No group is above 50% at Oakland High; the largest is Hispanic, at 38%. It is also 30% Asian, 21% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% White. Alameda County's residents are about 23% Hispanic, 15 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Oakland High scores 71%.
Based on 85.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Oakland High has a ratio of 18.4:1. The average ratio among high schools in California is similar, at 18.2:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 90%. The average for public schools in Alameda County is 49%.
Oakland High holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of California public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Oakland High would be expected to post about 26.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.7%.
Alameda County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alameda County's 394 public schools enroll about 210,511 students and include Oakland High.
Of the public schools around it, Oakland High is closest to Bella Vista Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.4%; Oakland High's is 30.7%, ranking 6th of 8.
For locale, NCES codes Oakland High as City: Large.
Enrollment decreased 4% over 4 years, reaching 1,579 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Oakland High community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oakland Unified
- Oakland Technical HighHigh · 1,812 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 1,250 students
- Fremont HighHigh · 1,166 students
- Coliseum College Prep AcademyHigh · 861 students
- Edna Brewer MiddleMiddle · 785 students
- Elmhurst United MiddleMiddle · 729 students
Other schools in Oakland
- Oakland Technical HighHigh · 1,812 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 1,250 students
- Fremont HighHigh · 1,166 students
- Yu Ming CharterElementary · 959 students
- Coliseum College Prep AcademyHigh · 861 students
- Oakland School for the ArtsHigh · 828 students
Other Oakland High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Oakland High. Oakland High is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Oakland High SchoolMurfreesboro, TN · 1,872 students
- Oakland High SchoolOakland, OR · 202 students
- Oakland High SchoolTacoma, WA · 112 students
- Oakland High SchoolOakland, IL · 61 students
Nearby schools
- Bella Vista Elementary0.3 mi · 349
- Cleveland Elementary0.4 mi · 376
- Edna Brewer Middle0.4 mi · 785
- Crocker Highlands Elementary0.7 mi · 415
- AIMS College Prep High0.8 mi · 386
- Glenview Elementary1.0 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Oakland HighWhat is the total enrollment at Oakland High?
Oakland High enrolls approximately 1,579 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Oakland High serve?
Oakland High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oakland High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oakland High is approximately 18.4:1 (86 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Oakland High?
Oakland High reports a student body of 3% White, 38% Hispanic, 21% Black, 30% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Oakland High?
Oakland High is overseen by Oakland Unified in Alameda County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.