Alameda County Office of Education

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Hayward, California - 3 schools

264
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
-
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types

District-Level NCES Analysis

Alameda County Office of Education operates 3 public schools serving 264 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Alameda County.

The funding mix is 62.5% local, 27.2% state, and 10.3% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.

and 92.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.3% Hispanic or Latino, 32.7% African American, 4.2% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Opportunity Academy, with a diversity index of 59.4/100.

Its largest campus is Opportunity Academy, enrolling 175 students (58% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Alameda County Juvenile Hall/Court, at 56 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.

Opportunity Academy accounts for 57.6% of all Alameda County Office of Education student enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Alameda County Office of Education a distant remainder — means Alameda County Office of Education-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Alameda County Office of Education school enrollment varies 3.1× across entities

Alameda County Office of Education school enrollment ranges from 56 students (lowest) to 175 students (highest), a spread of 119 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Alameda County Office of Education has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 77.3% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch

free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.

Source: ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system

Alameda County Office of Education chronic absenteeism rate is 92.8% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)

chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22

Where does the funding come from?

10.3%
Federal
27.2%
State
62.5%
Local

Student Demographics

Average demographic composition across 3 schools in Alameda County Office of Education.

White 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino 56.3%
African American 32.7%
Asian 3.4%
Multiracial 1.8%
Other 1.5%

Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.

Student-body diversity

Average diversity index 52.3/100

Average Simpson diversity index across Alameda County Office of Education's schools, above the California average of 46.0.

Most mixed schools

  1. 1 Opportunity Academy 59.4
  2. 2 Alameda County Juvenile Hall/Court 56.0
  3. 3 Alameda County Community 41.5

Programs & Resources

92.8%
Chronically Absent

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.

Schools in Alameda County Office of Education

School Enrollment
Opportunity Academy
Charter
175
Alameda County Community
73
Alameda County Juvenile Hall/Court
56

How Alameda County Office of Education Compares to Similar-Size Districts

The California districts closest to this one in total enrollment.

District Enrollment Spending Funding Mix
B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy District Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
The Heights Charter District Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise District Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
Blue Oak Charter District Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
Magnolia Science Academy 7 District Similar size No spending data Less locally funded

Comparisons are relative to Alameda County Office of Education's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many schools are in Alameda County Office of Education?

Alameda County Office of Education has 3 schools, including 1 high, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 264 students.

What is the demographic composition of Alameda County Office of Education?

Alameda County Office of Education students are 56.3% Hispanic or Latino, 32.7% African American, 4.2% White, 3.4% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.