O'Hara Park Middle

O'Hara Park Middle operates as a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Oakley, California, run under Oakley Union Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 856 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 30% larger than the state mean of about 659.

Oakley Union Elementary runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,119 students. O'Hara Park Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, O'Hara Park Middle records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 30% White, 10% Asian, 9% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting O'Hara Park Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, O'Hara Park Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.6%; actual is 27.4%, a gap of -27.2 points.

In the area at large, Contra Costa County reports that median household earnings sit near $127,229, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. O'Hara Park Middle is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students).

Oakley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around O'Hara Park Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts O'Hara Park Middle at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. O'Hara Park Middle's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 872 (now 856).

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