The Academy of Alameda

The Academy of Alameda, a moderately sized elementary school in Alameda, California, part of The Academy of Alameda District, hosts 638 students, covering grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so The Academy of Alameda sits 37% above that benchmark.

The Academy of Alameda District is the operating authority for The Academy of Alameda, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, The Academy of Alameda lists that the most-represented group is Asian (24%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 21% Black, 16% multiracial, 14% White. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 33% Asian, so the school skews considerably less Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, The Academy of Alameda has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 50% of students at The Academy of Alameda qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, census data for Alameda County shows the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 The Academy of Alameda is one.

Nearest neighbor: Nea Community Learning Center, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting. The Academy of Alameda operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.