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Black student results in Oakland Unified

Across 40 schools in Oakland Unified, 17.8% of Black students meet standard met or exceeded. That is 6.6 points below the California average for Black students.

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28.9%
All students
17.8%
Black
23.5%
Hispanic
67.5%
White
52%
Asian

Average across the 40 schools in Oakland Unified with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 35 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Lincoln Elementary reports 53.2% of Black students meeting the standard. Sankofa United Elementary, in the same district, reports 0%. That is a 53.2-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Oakland Unified

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting standard met or exceeded. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Montclair Elementary 66.2% 54.2% 54.3% 77.2%
Lincoln Elementary 63.3% 53.2% 68.5%
Chabot Elementary 71.3% 51.7% 61.9% 80.6%
Crocker Highlands Elementary 73% 41.7% 58.3% 83.6% 79.2%
Sequoia Elementary Magnet 64.5% 37.5% 44% 86.3%
Cleveland Elementary 58.9% 36.4% 50% 76.3% 60.7%
Joaquin Miller Elementary 57.5% 34.6% 35.8% 74.2%
Piedmont Avenue Elementary 30% 26.6% 29.2%
Carl B. Munck Elementary 31.7% 25%
Edna Brewer Middle 52.6% 24.1% 39.6% 75.7% 66.6%
Reach Academy Elementary 18.7% 23.9% 15.2%
Claremont Middle 58.8% 23.1% 52.8% 85.1%
Burckhalter Elementary 30.3% 21.7%
Montera Middle 46.7% 18.6% 35.5% 73.4% 66.7%
Glenview Elementary 59.3% 18.2% 46% 75%
Allendale Elementary 14.3% 17.6% 8.4%
Emerson Elementary 42.6% 16.2% 86.8%
Grass Valley Elementary 12.3% 16.2%
Laurel Elementary Magnet 27.5% 13.7% 21.6% 38.9%
Hoover Elementary 14.8% 13.5% 13.2%
Bella Vista Elementary 30.4% 12.8% 19.5% 51.9%
Coliseum College Prep Academy 12.8% 11.8% 13.5%
Elmhurst United Middle 14.2% 10.9% 15.3%
Oakland Academy of Knowledge Elementary 16.6% 10.5% 15.6%
Garfield Elementary 14.9% 10.3% 11.6% 36.5%
Markham Elementary 7.8% 10.1% 5.5%
Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary 7.3% 9.4% 0% 3%
Westlake Middle 12.5% 9.2% 9.6% 23.1%
Roosevelt Middle 19.8% 8.8% 9.1% 43.8%
Lockwood STEAM Academy Elementary 10.3% 8.2% 11.1%
Independent Study, Sojourner Truth Alt 23.4% 7.7% 42.4%
Bret Harte Middle 18.3% 7.4% 13.4% 36.2%
Highland Community 8.6% 7.4% 9.5%
West Oakland Middle 7.3% 5.8% 6.5% 0%
United for Success Academy Middle 12.8% 5.7% 13.7%
Frick United Academy of Language Middle 3.6% 4.5% 3.6%
East Oakland Pride Elementary 4.4% 2.9% 5%
Manzanita Community Elementary 7% 2.1% 5%
Prescott Elementary 11.7% 0%
Sankofa United Elementary 16.1% 0%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. California suppresses results for groups with too few students tested, and reports by grade rather than by school, so many schools fall below the threshold — 1,331 of California's schools have reportable Black student results, across 24 counties. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, California figures should not be compared against another state's.

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