Opportunity Academy

As a tiny senior high in Hayward, California, Opportunity Academy educates 175 students from grades 10 through 12, one of the schools within Alameda County Office of Education. That puts it 79% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Alameda County Office of Education runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 304 students. Opportunity Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Opportunity Academy shows that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 35% Black, 5% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Alameda County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Opportunity Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Alameda County Community, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. Opportunity Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 661%: 23 students in 2018 compared to 175 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 30% to 53%. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.