Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High

Set in Oakland, California, Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High is a micro-enrollment four-year high school, overseen by Oakland Unified. It instructs 58 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 93% leaner than the state mean of about 838.

Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High is one of 84 schools operated by Oakland Unified, a district that teaches 33,973 students overall.

Demographically, Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 40% Black, 5% White, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. 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, On paper, Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High qualify 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%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Alameda County put the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High is one campus in the mix.

West Oakland Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High's enrollment has ticked down 42% since 2018, when it stood at 100 (now 58). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 61% to 40%.

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