Oakland Unity Middle

Oakland Unity Middle, a rural-scale intermediate school in Oakland, California, one of the schools within Oakland Unity Middle District, instructs 132 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Oakland Unity Middle sits 80% smaller than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Oakland Unity Middle records that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 9% White, 9% Black. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Oakland Unity Middle shows 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 50.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Oakland Unity Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Alameda County put median household earnings sit near $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Oakland Unity Middle is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lockwood STEAM Academy Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site. Oakland Unity Middle is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.