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Oakland Unified


At a glance
1151stof 1,530 California districts▲ 43
Better than 24% of California districts
1011 Union St
Oakland, CA 94607-4099
·(510) 879-8000·All California district rankings →
Statewide performance 2017–2026
2026: better than 24.8% of districts
89
Schools
33,736
Students
3
5-star schools
Top rankedHillcrest296th of 5,817 California elementary schools
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Biggest riser
Bella Vista Elementary up 1,084 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Kaiser Early Childhood Center 8.5 students per teacher
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Newly ranked this year
Gateway to College High at Laney College and 1 more
SchoolDigger ratings
4★
2★
1★
0★
13 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

Oakland Unified includes 81 schools—52 elementary, 11 middle, 17 high and one alternative—serving students from elementary through high school. The supplied test-score records cover many, but not all, of those schools. The clearest finding for families is how widely results differ between schools: among supplied schools, fifth-grade proficiency ranges span 81 points in ELA, 75 in math and 75 in science, while eighth-grade ranges span 66, 52 and 53 points, respectively.

Several schools stand out well above state rates, while others are far below. In eighth grade, Claremont Middle leads the supplied schools with 76% proficiency in ELA, 56% in math and 58% in science—26, 20 and 22 points above state rates. By contrast, Frick United Academy of Language Middle has 10% in ELA, 4% in math and 10% in science, with results 40, 32 and 25 points below state rates. Among elementary schools, Crocker Highlands Elementary leads fifth-grade ELA and math at 81% and 76%; Chabot Elementary leads fifth-grade science at 75%. At 11th grade, Skyline High leads math and science, while Coliseum College Prep Academy leads ELA at 61%, 3 points above the state rate.

Recent results show that schools can move in different directions: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Skyline’s all-grades ELA rose 7 points, math 11 and science 14, while Oakland Technical High fell 8 points in ELA and 11 in math. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for Skyline rose from the 51st to the 74th percentile between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026; Oakland Technical moved from the 70th to the 66th. Context measures do not neatly predict results: in 2024–2025, Chabot reported 35% free/reduced-lunch eligible and Allendale Elementary 98%, while their next-year all-grades ELA results were 72% and 14%. These figures are context, not explanations for school results.

Ranking:
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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