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Oakland Unified schools

Oakland Unified has public schools at every stage: 59 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score, 29 of 2,529 middle and 21 of 1,498 high. Every stage has schools in all four bands, Strong to Needs Support (spring 2026 tests; high schools, spring 2025).

Elementary · 59 schools

from bottom 1% to 93rd · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

34Needs Support
11Developing
6Solid
8Strong

Each column counts the schools in one five-percentile step; the number above it is that count.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 29 schools

from bottom 1% to 96th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Downtown Charter Academy: 96th percentile, Strong
  • Claremont Middle: 89th percentile, Strong
  • Hillcrest: 89th percentile, Strong
  • Edna Brewer Middle: 69th percentile, Solid
  • Montera Middle: 69th percentile, Solid
  • ASCEND: 66th percentile, Solid
  • Oakland Military Institute, College Preparatory Academy: 62nd percentile, Solid
  • Oakland School for the Arts: 60th percentile, Solid
  • Melrose Leadership Academy: 57th percentile, Solid
  • Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public: 55th percentile, Solid
  • East Bay Innovation Academy: 53rd percentile, Solid
  • Francophone Charter School of Oakland: 49th percentile, Developing
  • LIFE Academy: 40th percentile, Developing
  • Independent Study, Sojourner Truth: 34th percentile, Developing
  • Roosevelt Middle: 25th percentile, Developing
  • KIPP Bridge Academy: 20th percentile, Needs Support
  • Coliseum College Prep Academy: 19th percentile, Needs Support
  • Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy: 17th percentile, Needs Support
  • Bay Area Technology: 17th percentile, Needs Support
  • Lighthouse Community Charter: 17th percentile, Needs Support
  • Westlake Middle: 12th percentile, Needs Support
  • Urban Promise Academy Middle: 11th percentile, Needs Support
  • West Oakland Middle: 11th percentile, Needs Support
  • Bret Harte Middle: 10th percentile, Needs Support
  • Greenleaf: 9th percentile, Needs Support
  • Elmhurst United Middle: 7th percentile, Needs Support
  • United for Success Academy Middle: 4th percentile, Needs Support
  • Frick United Academy of Language Middle: 3rd percentile, Needs Support
  • Madison Park Academy 6-12: bottom 1%, Needs Support
14Needs Support
4Developing
8Solid
3Strong

High · 21 schools

from bottom 1% to 80th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Oakland School for the Arts: 80th percentile, Strong
  • East Bay Innovation Academy: 72nd percentile, Solid
  • Oakland Technical High: 67th percentile, Solid
  • Oakland Unity High: 66th percentile, Solid
  • ARISE High: 66th percentile, Solid
  • AIMS College Prep High: 57th percentile, Solid
  • Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy: 54th percentile, Solid
  • Oakland Military Institute, College Preparatory Academy: 51st percentile, Solid
  • Lighthouse Community Charter High: 50th percentile, Solid
  • Skyline High: 38th percentile, Developing
  • LIFE Academy: 36th percentile, Developing
  • Coliseum College Prep Academy: 32nd percentile, Developing
  • Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public: 28th percentile, Developing
  • Bay Area Technology: 23rd percentile, Needs Support
  • Oakland High: 17th percentile, Needs Support
  • LPS Oakland R & D Campus: 17th percentile, Needs Support
  • MetWest High: 15th percentile, Needs Support
  • Madison Park Academy 6-12: 10th percentile, Needs Support
  • McClymonds High: 7th percentile, Needs Support
  • Fremont High: 1st percentile, Needs Support
  • Castlemont High: bottom 1%, Needs Support
8Needs Support
4Developing
8Solid
1Strong

Each column counts the schools in one five-percentile step; the number above it is that count. One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 17 of the 91 ranked schools teach more than one level, 1 of them all three, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 91 ranked schools
  • 7 schools not ranked statewide

Schools around Oakland Unified

97 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in Oakland Unified score highest?

Hillcrest is highest, at the 93rd percentile.

That’s higher than 93 in 100 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Oakland Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 56 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in Oakland Unified had 28 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

Middle schools

Which middle schools in Oakland Unified score highest?

Downtown Charter Academy is highest, at the 96th percentile.

That’s higher than 96 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Oakland Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 26 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in Oakland Unified had 29 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

High schools

Which high schools in Oakland Unified score highest?

Oakland School for the Arts is highest, at the 80th percentile.

That’s higher than 80 in 100 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Oakland Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Show the other 18 high schools
Context

The average high school in Oakland Unified had 34 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

7 high schools not ranked statewide

Alternative schools, continuation schools and home and hospital programs enroll students differently from a regular school, so each is compared only with its own kind or not ranked.

The district

Where does Oakland Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?

Oakland Unified spent $28,286 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 57 cents of every Oakland Unified dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction57%
  • Instruction support19%
  • Student services7%
  • Administration6%
  • Buildings & maintenance9%
  • Other2%

Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.

What the district plans

$347.5 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 64 funded actions in 8 goals. That’s 39% of its $882.0 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 334 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 32% of the money. The plan itself puts 77% of it toward staff.

  • Expanded Learning Opportunities $54.2 million
  • Strong Readers: Early Literacy & Secondary Literacy $31.7 million
  • Visual & Performing Arts $23.6 million
  • 61 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

5 of the plan’s 64 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name reading, math or English learners
  • Reading $31.7 million
  • Math $4.4 million
  • English learners $9.2 million

Largest of these

  • Strong Readers: Early Literacy & Secondary Literacy$31.7 million
  • Newcomer Achievement$6.8 million
  • Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics$4.4 million
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students

It plans $120.7 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $151.7 million and estimates it spent $145.9 million, $5.8 million (4%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $9.4 million (3%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Alternative Education, which went from $1.2 million to $13.3 million.

Largest cuts

  • Staff Growth & Development−⁠$9.0 million
  • Strong Readers: Early Literacy & Secondary Literacy−⁠$8.7 million
  • Quality Learning Environments−⁠$7.2 million

Largest increases

  • Alternative Education+⁠$12.1 million
  • Visual & Performing Arts+⁠$7.6 million
  • School Improvement+⁠$5.9 million

Ask: What did Staff Growth & Development pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $9.0 million less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 234%34%no change
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 227%28%up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoals 2 and 333 in 10031 in 1002 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoals 2 and 34.1%4.0%down 0.1 pts

Goals 5, 6, 7 and 8 track named schools and Goal 4 tracks other measures, so they aren’t shown here.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Expanded Learning Opportunities · $54,210,454
  • Strong Readers: Early Literacy & Secondary Literacy · $31,684,913
  • Visual & Performing Arts · $23,567,629
The full plan8 goals, 382 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($347.5 million).

Where does the money go?

39% to Goal 1, All students graduate college, career, and community ready. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2
G3
G4

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1All students graduate college, career, and community ready$134.2 million39% of action budgets

11 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $129.0 million (+⁠$5.2 million) · p. 41 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Strong Readers: Early Literacy & Secondary Literacy$31.7 millionaction 1.1 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.4 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Visual & Performing Arts$23.6 millionaction 1.4 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $3.1 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. College & Career for All$18.3 millionaction 1.7 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $530,245 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Equitable Access to a Broad Course of Study$15.1 millionaction 1.3 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $9.1 million is state funding counted toward those services
  5. Early Childhood Learning$11.5 millionaction 1.5 · p. 289 ↗

6 more funded actions in this goal

  • School Improvement · action 1.11 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $9.0 million is state funding counted toward those services$9.8 million
  • Counseling & Equitable Master Scheduling · action 1.8 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $6.4 million is state funding counted toward those services$8.5 million
  • Data-Driven Decision Making · action 1.9 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $7.4 million is state funding counted toward those services$7.8 million
  • Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics · action 1.2 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $920,448 is state funding counted toward those services$4.4 million
  • Network-Based School Supports · action 1.10 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.7 million is state funding counted toward those services$3.1 million
  • Multilingual Programs · action 1.6 · p. 289 ↗$0.4 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Strong Readers: Early Literacy & Secondary Literacy−⁠$8.7 million$40.4 million → $31.7 million · p. 289 ↗
  2. Visual & Performing Arts+⁠$7.6 million$16.0 million → $23.6 million · p. 289 ↗
  3. School Improvement+⁠$5.9 million$3.9 million → $9.8 million · p. 289 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • College & Career for All · $15.1 million → $18.3 million · p. 289 ↗+⁠$3.3 million
  • Equitable Access to a Broad Course of Study · $19.8 million → $15.1 million · p. 289 ↗−⁠$4.7 million
  • Early Childhood Learning · $9.0 million → $11.5 million · p. 289 ↗+⁠$2.5 million
  • Counseling & Equitable Master Scheduling · $7.6 million → $8.5 million · p. 289 ↗+⁠$1.0 million
  • Data-Driven Decision Making · $6.9 million → $7.8 million · p. 289 ↗+⁠$0.9 million
  • Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics · $6.1 million → $4.4 million · p. 289 ↗−⁠$1.7 million
  • Network-Based School Supports · $3.7 million → $3.1 million · p. 289 ↗−⁠$0.6 million
  • Multilingual Programs · $471,640 → $350,871 · p. 289 ↗−⁠$120,769

How the plan measures it · 35 measures · 3 quoted

  • Increase the percentage of kindergarteners reading mid or above grade level on the spring administration of the i-Ready reading assessment p. 43 ↗
    Baseline
    33.8%
    Target for year 3
    39.8%
  • Increase the percentage of first graders reading mid or above grade level on the spring administration of the i-Ready reading assessment p. 43 ↗
    Baseline
    32.0%
    Target for year 3
    38.0%
  • Increase the percentage of second graders reading mid or above grade level on the spring administration of the i-Ready reading assessment p. 43 ↗
    Baseline
    30.5%
    Target for year 3
    36.5%

32 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2 · Focus GoalWithin three years, focal student groups will demonstrate accelerated growth to close our achievement gap$93.1 million27% of action budgets

12 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $84.0 million (+⁠$9.1 million) · p. 93 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Expanded Learning Opportunities$54.2 millionaction 2.12 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $371,736 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Alternative Education$13.3 millionaction 2.11 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Newcomer Achievement$6.8 millionaction 2.10 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $3.6 million is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Students with Disabilities Achievement$3.8 millionaction 2.4 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.8 million is state funding counted toward those services
  5. English Learner Achievement$2.1 millionaction 2.8 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $444,369 is state funding counted toward those services

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • Unhoused Student Achievement · action 2.6 · p. 289 ↗$0.9 million
  • Foster Youth Achievement · action 2.7 · p. 289 ↗$0.6 million
  • Long-Term English Learner Achievement · action 2.9 · p. 289 ↗$0.4 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Alternative Education+⁠$12.1 million$1.2 million → $13.3 million · p. 289 ↗
  2. Expanded Learning Opportunities−⁠$1.7 million$55.9 million → $54.2 million · p. 289 ↗
  3. Unhoused Student Achievement−⁠$1.1 million$2.1 million → $0.9 million · p. 289 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Newcomer Achievement · $7.8 million → $6.8 million · p. 289 ↗−⁠$1.1 million
  • Title not confirmed · $5.5 million · p. 289 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $4.0 million · p. 289 ↗not compared
  • Students with Disabilities Achievement · $4.6 million → $3.8 million · p. 289 ↗−⁠$0.7 million
  • English Learner Achievement · $1.9 million → $2.1 million · p. 289 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • Title not confirmed · $1.1 million · p. 289 ↗not compared
  • Foster Youth Achievement · $640,138 → $636,279 · p. 289 ↗−⁠$3,859
  • Title not confirmed · $451,103 · p. 289 ↗not compared
  • Long-Term English Learner Achievement · $491,724 → $389,406 · p. 289 ↗−⁠$102,318

How the plan measures it · 92 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 93 ↗.

Goal 3Students and families are welcomed, safe, healthy, and engaged in joyful schools$82.2 million24% of action budgets

11 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $99.7 million (−⁠$17.5 million) · p. 142 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Safe & Welcoming Schools$22.8 millionaction 3.1 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $20.3 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Community Schools$18.1 millionaction 3.7 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $277,814 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Attendance Supports$10.2 millionaction 3.5 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $4.1 million is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, Social Emotional Learning & Restorative Practices$6.2 millionaction 3.2 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.6 million is state funding counted toward those services
  5. Behavioral & Mental Health$6.0 millionaction 3.4 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.5 million is state funding counted toward those services

6 more funded actions in this goal

  • Quality Learning Environments · action 3.8 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $4.6 million is state funding counted toward those services$5.2 million
  • Youth Engagement & Leadership · action 3.6 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $312,090 is state funding counted toward those services$4.2 million
  • Student Health & Wellness · action 3.3 · p. 289 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $225,270 is state funding counted toward those services$3.9 million
  • Family Partnerships & Language Access · action 3.9 · p. 290 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.5 million is state funding counted toward those services$3.7 million
  • Enrollment Supports · action 3.10 · p. 290 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.4 million is state funding counted toward those services$1.6 million
  • District Communication · action 3.11 · p. 290 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Quality Learning Environments−⁠$7.2 million$12.4 million → $5.2 million · p. 289 ↗
  2. Safe & Welcoming Schools−⁠$7.2 million$30.0 million → $22.8 million · p. 289 ↗
  3. Youth Engagement & Leadership+⁠$3.5 million$0.7 million → $4.2 million · p. 289 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Community Schools · $18.1 million → $18.1 million · p. 289 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • Attendance Supports · $10.9 million → $10.2 million · p. 289 ↗−⁠$0.7 million
  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, Social Emotional Learning & Restorative Practices · $7.1 million → $6.2 million · p. 289 ↗−⁠$0.9 million
  • Behavioral & Mental Health · $9.1 million → $6.0 million · p. 289 ↗−⁠$3.1 million
  • Student Health & Wellness · $4.8 million → $3.9 million · p. 289 ↗−⁠$0.9 million
  • Family Partnerships & Language Access · $5.0 million → $3.7 million · p. 290 ↗−⁠$1.3 million
  • Enrollment Supports · $1.3 million → $1.6 million · p. 290 ↗+⁠$0.3 million
  • District Communication · $420,147 → $308,730 · p. 290 ↗−⁠$111,417

How the plan measures it · 32 measures · 3 quoted

  • Increase the percentage of students who feel safe at school, as measured by the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) p. 144 ↗
    Baseline
    47.6%
    Target for year 3
    60.0%
  • Reduce the out-of-school suspension rate for all students p. 144 ↗
    Baseline
    3.5%
    Target for year 3
    2.0%
  • Reduce the number of expulsions for all students p. 144 ↗
    Baseline
    32
    Target for year 3
    23

29 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 4Our staff are high quality, stable, and reflective of Oakland’s rich diversity$30.9 million9% of action budgets

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $38.7 million (−⁠$7.8 million) · p. 182 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Diverse & Stable Staff$19.7 millionaction 4.1 · p. 290 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $18.0 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Staff Growth & Development$9.2 millionaction 4.2 · p. 290 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $5.6 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. New Teacher Support & Development$2.0 millionaction 4.3 · p. 290 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $688,182 is state funding counted toward those services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Staff Growth & Development−⁠$9.0 million$18.2 million → $9.2 million · p. 290 ↗
  2. Diverse & Stable Staff+⁠$1.4 million$18.3 million → $19.7 million · p. 290 ↗
  3. New Teacher Support & Development−⁠$0.1 million$2.1 million → $2.0 million · p. 290 ↗

How the plan measures it · 15 measures · 3 quoted

  • Decrease the percentage of teacher misassignments and teachers without credentials p. 183 ↗
    Baseline
    27.98%
    Target for year 3
    24.92%
  • Increase the percentage of schools where at least 90% of staff complete the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) p. 183 ↗
    Baseline
    67.1%
    Target for year 3
    80.0%
  • Increase the average one-year teacher retention rate for all teachers p. 183 ↗
    Baseline
    75.5%
    Target for year 3
    85.0%

12 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalOver three years, student academic outcomes will improve at Korematsu Discovery Academy, Markham Elementary…$2.4 million1% of action budgets

“Over three years, student academic outcomes will improve at Korematsu Discovery Academy, Markham Elementary School, Prescott Elementary School, Brookfield Elementary School, Burckhalter Elementary School, Sankofa United Elementary School, Hoover Elementary School, Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School, Frick United Academy of Languages, Westlake Middle School, and West Oakland Middle School” p. 197 ↗

8 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Westlake Middle$416,113action 5.8 · p. 290 ↗
  2. Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Brookfield Elementary$204,192action 5.4 · p. 290 ↗
  3. Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Frick United Academy of Languages$199,459action 5.7 · p. 290 ↗
  4. Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Prescott Elementary$178,906action 5.3 · p. 290 ↗

3 more actions are in the plan, counted in the goal’s total: p. 290 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Frick United Academy of Languages−⁠$188,773$388,232 → $199,459 · p. 290 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Westlake Middle · $416,113 · p. 290 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $412,593 · p. 290 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $391,997 · p. 290 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $332,250 · p. 290 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $249,924 · p. 290 ↗not compared
  • Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Brookfield Elementary · $204,192 · p. 290 ↗not compared
  • Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Prescott Elementary · $178,906 · p. 290 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 99 measures · 3 quoted

  • Reduce the chronic absenteeism rate for English learners at Korematsu Discovery Academy p. 198 ↗
    Baseline
    85.7%
    Target for year 3
    37.0%
  • Increase the one-year teacher retention rate at Korematsu Discovery Academy p. 198 ↗
    Baseline
    75.0%
    Target for year 3
    85.0%
  • Increase the percentage of teachers who are fully (preliminary or clear) credentialed and properly assigned at Korematsu Discovery Academy p. 198 ↗
    Baseline
    45.5%*
    Target for year 3
    60.0%

96 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 6 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalOver three years, student academic outcomes and graduation rates will improve at Castlemont High School…$2.2 million1% of action budgets

“Over three years, student academic outcomes and graduation rates will improve at Castlemont High School, McClymonds High School, Oakland International High School, and MetWest High School” p. 219 ↗

8 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Castlemont High$565,893action 6.1 · p. 290 ↗
  2. Social Emotional Supports at Castlemont High$463,716action 6.2 · p. 290 ↗
  3. Social Emotional Supports at McClymonds High$375,508action 6.3 · p. 290 ↗
  4. Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Oakland International High$349,274action 6.5 · p. 290 ↗
  5. Social Emotional Supports at Oakland International High$229,546action 6.6 · p. 290 ↗

1 more funded action in this goal

  • Social Emotional Supports at MetWest High · action 6.9 · p. 291 ↗$171,182

2 more actions are in the plan, counted in the goal’s total: p. 290 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Oakland International High+⁠$216,259$133,015 → $349,274 · p. 290 ↗
  2. Social Emotional Supports at McClymonds High+⁠$158,019$217,489 → $375,508 · p. 290 ↗
  3. Social Emotional Supports at Castlemont High+⁠$142,306$321,410 → $463,716 · p. 290 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Castlemont High · $571,821 → $565,893 · p. 290 ↗−⁠$5,928
  • Social Emotional Supports at Oakland International High · $347,402 → $229,546 · p. 290 ↗−⁠$117,856
  • Social Emotional Supports at MetWest High · $171,182 · p. 291 ↗new or renamed
  • Title not confirmed · $54,805 · p. 290 ↗not compared
  • Title not confirmed · $36,424 · p. 290 ↗not compared

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 47 measures · 3 quoted

  • Increase the combined four- and five-year graduation rate for English learners at Castlemont High as reported on the California School Dashboard p. 221 ↗
    Baseline
    50.4%
    Target for year 3
    61.6%
  • Increase the one-year teacher retention rate at Castlemont High p. 222 ↗
    Baseline
    76.0%
    Target for year 3
    88.3%
  • Increase the percentage of teachers who are fully credentialed and properly assigned at Castlemont High p. 222 ↗
    Baseline
    35.5%*
    Target for year 3
    50.0%

44 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 7 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalOver three years, student academic outcomes and graduation rates will improve at Dewey Academy, Ralph J.…$1.2 millionunder 1% of action budgets

“Over three years, student academic outcomes and graduation rates will improve at Dewey Academy, Ralph J. Bunche Academy, and Rudsdale Continuation School” p. 233 ↗

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $844,618 (+⁠$370,602)

Largest funded actions

  1. Social Emotional Supports at Rudsdale Continuation$266,386action 7.5 · p. 291 ↗
  2. Academic Acceleration at Rudsdale Continuation$249,006action 7.3 · p. 291 ↗
  3. Social Emotional Supports at Dewey Academy$244,191action 7.1 · p. 291 ↗
  4. Social Emotional Supports at Bunche Academy$180,453action 7.2 · p. 291 ↗
  5. College & Career Supports at Rudsdale Continuation$139,229action 7.4 · p. 291 ↗

2 more funded actions in this goal

  • Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Dewey Academy · action 7.6 · p. 291 ↗$118,207
  • Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Bunche Academy · action 7.7 · p. 291 ↗$17,748

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Social Emotional Supports at Dewey Academy+⁠$134,025$110,166 → $244,191 · p. 291 ↗
  2. Academic Acceleration at Rudsdale Continuation+⁠$111,681$137,325 → $249,006 · p. 291 ↗
  3. Social Emotional Supports at Bunche Academy+⁠$98,522$81,931 → $180,453 · p. 291 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Social Emotional Supports at Rudsdale Continuation · $169,461 → $266,386 · p. 291 ↗+⁠$96,925
  • College & Career Supports at Rudsdale Continuation · $137,033 → $139,229 · p. 291 ↗+⁠$2,196
  • Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Dewey Academy · $118,207 · p. 291 ↗not compared
  • Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Bunche Academy · $17,748 · p. 291 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 43 measures · 3 quoted

  • Reduce the out-of-school suspension rate for low-income students at Dewey Academy p. 235 ↗
    Baseline
    9.6%
    Target for year 3
    3.7%
  • Increase the one-year teacher retention rate at Dewey Academy p. 235 ↗
    Baseline
    69.2%
    Target for year 3
    90.0%
  • Increase the percentage of teachers who are fully credentialed and properly assigned at Dewey Academy p. 235 ↗
    Baseline
    35.7%*
    Target for year 3
    50.0%

40 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 8 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalOver three years, student academic outcomes will improve at Gateway to College, Sojourner Truth Independent…$1.3 millionunder 1% of action budgets

“Over three years, student academic outcomes will improve at Gateway to College, Sojourner Truth Independent Study, and Street Academy” p. 246 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.2 million (+⁠$101,881)

Largest funded actions

  1. Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Sojourner Truth Independent Study$584,546action 8.2 · p. 291 ↗
  2. Academic Acceleration at Gateway to College$326,026action 8.5 · p. 291 ↗
  3. Social Emotional Supports at Sojourner Truth Independent Study Academic Acceleration at$272,823action 8.3 · p. 291 ↗
  4. Academic Acceleration at Street Academy$110,668action 8.4 · p. 291 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Academic Acceleration at Gateway to College+⁠$213,985$112,041 → $326,026 · p. 291 ↗
  2. Academic Acceleration & Instructional Improvement at Sojourner Truth Independent Study−⁠$209,464$794,010 → $584,546 · p. 291 ↗
  3. Social Emotional Supports at Sojourner Truth Independent Study Academic Acceleration at+⁠$95,514$177,309 → $272,823 · p. 291 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Academic Acceleration at Street Academy · $95,538 → $110,668 · p. 291 ↗+⁠$15,130

How the plan measures it · 19 measures · 3 quoted

  • Maintain the percentage of teachers who are fully credentialed and properly assigned at Home and Hospital p. 247 ↗
    Baseline
    100.0%*
    Target for year 3
    100.0%
  • Increase the one-year teacher retention rate at Sojourner Truth Independent Study p. 247 ↗
    Baseline
    58.2%
    Target for year 3
    63.2%
  • Increase the percentage of teachers who are fully credentialed and properly assigned at Sojourner Truth Independent Study p. 248 ↗
    Baseline
    52.0%*
    Target for year 3
    60.0%

16 more measures in the plan’s table.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 44,647 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 51%2. Black or African American: 20%3. White: 10%4. Asian: 9%5. Two or more races: 6%6. Not reported: 3%7. Filipino: <1%8. Pacific Islander: <1%9. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino51%
  2. Black or African American20%
  3. White10%
  4. Asian9%
  5. Two or more races6%
  6. Not reported3%
  7. Filipino<1%
  8. Pacific Islander<1%
  9. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.

Free or reduced-price meals

80%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 35,505 of 44,217 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The district’s state records

Is the state giving the district extra help?

The state is giving Oakland Unified extra help in 2026. A student group had the Dashboard’s lowest results (red) on two or more measures three years in a row.

It also qualified the year before.

Which students, on which measures

English learners
English and English learner progress

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 41% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (3,379 of 8,215 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

10 schools getting state support, 2025–26

5 in most intensive support · 1 in extra targeted support · 4 in targeted support

This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗ · School support (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Cities in the district

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Common questions

Which public schools in Oakland Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Hillcrest, 93rd percentile (Strong). Middle: Downtown Charter Academy, 96th percentile (Strong). High: Oakland School for the Arts, 80th percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in the Oakland Unified district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in Oakland Unified good?

Oakland Unified’s 59 public elementary schools run from the bottom 1% to the 93rd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 8 Strong, 6 Solid, 11 Developing and 34 Needs Support. Oakland Unified’s 29 public middle schools run from the bottom 1% to the 96th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Strong, 8 Solid, 4 Developing and 14 Needs Support. Oakland Unified’s 21 public high schools run from the bottom 1% to the 80th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 8 Solid, 4 Developing and 8 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in Oakland Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Oakland Unified had 28 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average middle school in Oakland Unified had 29 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Oakland Unified had 34 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does Oakland Unified spend per student?

Oakland Unified spent $28,286 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 57 cents of every Oakland Unified dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

What is in Oakland Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $347.5 million into 64 funded actions in 8 goals, 39% of its $882.0 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $134.2 million, 39% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by Oakland Unified, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

View CDE data ↗ (opens in a new tab)How Scope Scores work →

Download these schools (CSV)Free to use under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.