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What tradition at Reach Academy Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND UNIFIED·NCES 062805011556
Reach Academy Elementary
9845 Bancroft Ave., Oakland, CA 94603 · (510) 879-2193 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
423 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 96 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 66% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
52%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
18.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.6pp since 2014
Math
18.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.3% | 13.3% | 21.8% | 59.6% |
| Math | 4.2% | 14.7% | 24.6% | 56.5% |
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 | 18.6% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 17.3% | 13.9% |
| 2022-23 | 16.9% | 11.8% |
| 2021-22 | 15.1% | 14.0% |
| 2018-19 | 12.4% | 10.2% |
| 2017-18 | 9.9% | 9.0% |
| 2016-17 | 5.4% | 2.8% |
| 2015-16 | 9.0% | 4.0% |
| 2014-15 | 2.0% | 3.0% |
% 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
17.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Reach Academy Elementary
Reach Academy Elementary's state test result (17.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reach Academy Elementary this school | 425 | 99.5% | 17.1% |
| Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary Los Angeles | 399 | 99.5% | 18.5% |
| Lovelia P. Flournoy Elementary Los Angeles | 382 | 97.4% | 14.7% |
| Yucca Elementary Palmdale | 495 | 96.2% | 12.3% |
| Barton Elementary San Bernardino | 485 | 96.1% | 15.9% |
| Raymond Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 457 | 96.7% | 34.8% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Reach Academy Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #4,813 of 5,151 | #160 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #4,407 of 5,172 ▲ 355 | #155 of 192 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #4,918 of 5,172 no change | #164 of 192 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #1,919 of 5,116 | #43 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #3,355 of 5,915 | #126 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,963 of 5,352 | #131 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #2,639 of 5,354 | #140 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #17 of 5,625 | #3 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.1% | #642 of 1,139 | #26 of 48 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
425
+19 (+5%) vs 2020
+59% since 2010-11, when it was 268
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 425 | 17.5 | 24.3:1 | 100% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 13.5 | 31.6:1 | 100% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 14.5 | 28.6:1 | 100% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 17 | 23.9:1 | 89% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 15 | 26.5:1 | 83% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 16 | 23.9:1 | 86% (329) |
| 2010-11 | 268 | N/A | N/A | 83% (223) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reach Academy Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (397 to 425); teachers up 17% (15 to 17.5).
About Reach Academy Elementary
Oakland, California, is home to Reach Academy Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 425 students enrolled.
Reach Academy Elementary is one of 84 schools in Oakland Unified, which enrolls 33,973 students in total.
At Reach Academy Elementary, 65% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 23% Black, 5% Pacific Islander, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Alameda County is about 23% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 52%.
With 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 24.3:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Reach Academy Elementary, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Alameda County average 49%.
On the allk12 Grade, Reach Academy Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 17% of California public elementary schools.
Reach Academy Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 17.1% is 4.1 points below the 21.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
American Community Survey estimates for Alameda County show that the median household earns about $129,367 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Alameda County has 394 public schools with about 210,511 students, including Reach Academy Elementary.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Reach Academy Elementary from the closest public school, Cox Academy. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Reach Academy Elementary ranks 1st of 5 on average proficiency.
Reach Academy Elementary is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 425, up from 406 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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Other schools in Oakland
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- Skyline HighHigh · 1,250 students
- Fremont HighHigh · 1,166 students
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- Coliseum College Prep AcademyHigh · 861 students
Nearby schools
- Cox Academy0.1 mi · 446
- Elmhurst United Middle0.3 mi · 729
- Francophone Charter School of Oakland0.4 mi · 324
- Aspire Monarch Academy0.5 mi · 374
- Castlemont High0.8 mi · 719
- LPS Oakland R & D Campus0.9 mi · 173
Frequently asked questions
About Reach Academy ElementaryHow many students attend Reach Academy Elementary?
Reach Academy Elementary enrolls approximately 425 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Reach Academy Elementary serve?
Reach Academy Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Reach Academy Elementary have?
Reach Academy Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Reach Academy Elementary?
Student demographics at Reach Academy Elementary are roughly 3% White, 65% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Reach Academy Elementary public or private?
Reach Academy Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oakland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.