Oakland School for the Arts

Public high school, grades 6 to 12 · Oakland, California

Oakland School for the Arts in Oakland, California enrolled 828 students in 2024-25 with 40.2 full-time teachers, 20.6 students per teacher against the California high-school median of 19.3. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 60-64% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 37% proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 45% and 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 90-94% (California: 86.2%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment rose 6% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 9%

779 students in 2022-23, 780 students in 2023-24, 828 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 37.0 to 40.2.

Students enrolled at Oakland School for the Arts by school year2022-23: 779, 2023-24: 780, 2024-25: 82802505007501k2022-237792023-247802024-25828
Students enrolled at Oakland School for the Arts by school year2022-23: 779, 2023-24: 780, 2024-25: 82802505007501k2022-237792023-247802024-25828
Students enrolled at Oakland School for the Arts by school year2022-23: 779, 2023-24: 780, 2024-25: 82802505007501k2022-237792023-247802024-25828
Students enrolled at Oakland School for the Arts by school year2022-23: 779, 2023-24: 780, 2024-25: 82802505007501k2022-237792023-247802024-25828
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2377937.021.1
2023-2478033.423.4
2024-2582840.220.6

20.6 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 61 of every 100 California high schools

Among the 2,071 California high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 19.3; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, California high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 72.2; This school 20.6; state median 19.3.1 more above 40.0 →010203040students per full-time teacherThis school 20.6state median 19.3U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, California high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 72.2; This school 20.6; state median 19.3.1 more above 40.0 →010203040students per full-time teacherThis school 20.6state median 19.3U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, California high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 72.2; This school 20.6; state median 19.3.1 more above 40.0 →010203040students per full-time teacherThis school 20.6state median 19.3U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, California high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 72.2; This school 20.6; state median 19.3.1 more above 40.0 →010203040students per full-time teacherThis school 20.6state median 19.3U.S. 14.5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

4 AP courses and one counselor per 244 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Oakland School for the Arts enrolled 731 students and had 3.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 25 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses4
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)3.0, one per 244 of the 731 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions25
  • Chronically absent0.8% (2022-23)

Who attends

26.6% of students were White, 26.2% Black, 21.6% Hispanic in 2024-25.

  1. White26.6%
  2. Black26.2%
  3. Hispanic21.6%
  4. Two or more races19.1%
  5. Asian5.6%
  6. American Indian0.5%
  7. Pacific Islander0.4%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Oakland School for the Arts scored proficient or above: 60-64% in reading in 2021-22 and 37% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtCalifornia
Reading and language arts, 2021-2260‑64%60‑64%45%
Math, 2022-2337%34‑38% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

90-94% of the 110 students in Oakland School for the Arts's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtCalifornia
Four-year graduation rate90‑94%90‑94%86.2%
Students in the class110110495,492

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

High schools in Oakland

32 public high schools in Oakland report 2024-25 enrollment; Oakland School for the Arts is number 6 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Oakland Technical High1,81217.558.8%
Oakland High1,57918.481.4%
Skyline High1,25015.564.7%
Fremont High1,16616.295.0%
Coliseum College Prep Academy86114.993.6%
Oakland School for the Arts82820.626.4%
Castlemont High71914.096.5%
Madison Park Academy 6-1267617.693.0%

All public schools in Oakland →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Oakland School for the Arts

  1. Envision Academy for Arts & TechnologyThe nearest public high school, 0.3 miles away: 207 students, 17.3 per teacher (2024-25).0.3 mi
  2. Ralph J. Bunche Continuation HighThe next nearest public high school, 0.6 miles away: 58 students, 8.4 per teacher (2024-25).0.6 mi
  3. Compare Oakland School for the Arts with Envision Academy for Arts & TechnologyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Oakland School for the Arts District spends per student$17,516 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$17,516
  5. The largest public schools in CaliforniaOakland School for the Arts is the number 822 by size of 2,112 California high schools open in 2024-25.#822 of 2,112
  6. California schools by students per teacher20.6 students per teacher here against the California median of 19.3 for high schools.20.6:1
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Oakland School for the Arts

  1. How many students attend Oakland School for the Arts?
    828 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 779 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Oakland, CA.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Oakland School for the Arts?
    20.6 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for high schools is 19.3. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Oakland School for the Arts a Title I school?
    Oakland School for the Arts has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.
  4. How do students at Oakland School for the Arts do on state tests?
    The students tested at Oakland School for the Arts scored proficient or above: 60-64% in reading in 2021-22 and 37% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What is the graduation rate at Oakland School for the Arts?
    90-94% of the 110 students in Oakland School for the Arts's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  6. What district is Oakland School for the Arts in?
    Oakland School for the Arts District, NCES district ID 0602458. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 060245810461 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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