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La Escuelita

Public Grades K-5
5428th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 6% of California elementary schools
Summary

La Escuelita is a K–5 school serving 274 students in Oakland, within Oakland Unified. Its 2025–26 results show that the biggest concern is broad: proficiency was below both the state and district averages in English language arts, math, and science.

Math is the school’s strongest subject compared with the state, with a 24-point gap, while ELA is closest to the district, 12 points behind. Still, nearby district schools generally perform better: La Escuelita’s proficiency was about 8 points below the nearby-school average in ELA, 19 points below it in math, and 18 points below it in science. It ranked second-lowest among nearby district schools in ELA and science, and second-lowest among seven in math. Grade 4 math stands out as a particular weakness: 7% of students were proficient, more than all but one nearby school with grade-level results. Grade 5 ELA was a relative bright spot at 31%, higher than at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary and Garfield Elementary, though below four other nearby schools.

ELA and math proficiency fell between 2022–23 and 2025–26, from 27% to 22% and from 20% to 15%, respectively; their gaps with the state widened by 7 and 9 points. Science gained 2 points overall, but its state gap widened by 4 points. SchoolDigger places La Escuelita at the 6th statewide percentile, ranks it 5,428 of 5,804, and gives it 0 stars; its percentile has fallen 12 points since 2022–23. The student–teacher ratio was 26 in 2024–25, higher than at five of six nearby district schools with same-year figures. In that year, 93% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible. The SchoolDigger statewide percentile for English Language Learner Students, an indicator of how well the school serves this group, fell from 75 in 2021–22 to 20 in 2023–24, while the school’s overall percentile was 16 that year; no later subgroup results are provided. Chronic absenteeism also rose, reaching 33% in 2025–26, compared with 30% districtwide and 18% statewide.

274
Students ?
26.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$28,871
Per pupil spending ?
93.4%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 1100 Third Ave.
       Oakland, CA  94606-2227

(510) 879-2121

District: Oakland Unified


Students who attend La Escuelita usually attend:

Middle:    Westlake Middle
High:    Oakland High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
48.9%
Asian:
18.2%
African American:
14.6%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 13th percentile in 2015 → 6th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (17% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (33% vs 18% California)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school17%
District avg30%
California avg42%
5,428th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 6%▼ down 9 pts since 2016
From bottom 15% (2016) to bottom 6% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
37th of 58Elementary Schools in the Oakland Unified
714th of 968Oakland Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202612.45428 of 58046.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202514.05350 of 58578.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.44916 of 586916.2%★☆☆☆☆
202320.24817 of 585917.8%★☆☆☆☆
202219.64901 of 588316.7%★☆☆☆☆
201922.04632 of 578920.0%★☆☆☆☆
201814.85113 of 56629.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201721.74536 of 569220.3%★☆☆☆☆
201618.44753 of 561415.3%★☆☆☆☆
201517.54882 of 561113.0%★☆☆☆☆
201324.54436 of 553019.8%★☆☆☆☆
201245.12940 of 539045.5%★★☆☆☆
201149.22640 of 537750.9%★★★☆☆
201052.32432 of 531454.2%★★★☆☆
200947.32649 of 519349.0%★★☆☆☆
200854.52136 of 511358.2%★★★☆☆
200738.43011 of 511341.1%★★☆☆☆
200645.12431 of 481849.5%★★☆☆☆
200545.62415 of 482249.9%★★☆☆☆
200433.03072 of 480936.1%★★☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20252.51164 of 12033.2%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202430.12542 of 316219.6%★☆☆☆☆
202344.01549 of 324552.3%★★★☆☆
202258.3828 of 331175.0%★★★★☆
201946.11435 of 327556.2%★★★☆☆
201837.91880 of 324642.1%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202618.04828 of 556913.3%★☆☆☆☆
202519.94682 of 559716.3%★☆☆☆☆
202420.84641 of 561217.3%★☆☆☆☆
202318.14871 of 560913.2%★☆☆☆☆
202221.74540 of 563519.4%★☆☆☆☆
201929.53857 of 549229.8%★☆☆☆☆
201814.14973 of 54138.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202619.84428 of 508512.9%★☆☆☆☆
202519.64479 of 510712.3%★☆☆☆☆
202417.04664 of 51078.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.44372 of 508714.1%★☆☆☆☆
202219.74524 of 508411.0%★☆☆☆☆
201923.24164 of 496316.1%★☆☆☆☆
201811.54670 of 48303.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202615.94962 of 54128.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202519.34779 of 546012.5%★☆☆☆☆
202425.24366 of 551720.9%★☆☆☆☆
202327.84090 of 536323.7%★☆☆☆☆
202229.43892 of 526426.1%★☆☆☆☆
201929.83872 of 517325.1%★☆☆☆☆
201820.44458 of 508412.3%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202610.45383 of 55903.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202512.55291 of 56286.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.64774 of 564315.4%★☆☆☆☆
202324.74283 of 563824.0%★☆☆☆☆
202219.64754 of 566316.1%★☆☆☆☆
201918.64783 of 551013.2%★☆☆☆☆
201816.94830 of 543111.1%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202217.32341 of 274014.6%★☆☆☆☆
201920.92146 of 271521.0%★☆☆☆☆
201819.52021 of 248018.5%★☆☆☆☆
201717.92110 of 250815.9%★☆☆☆☆
201616.02173 of 249713.0%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202233.91027 of 154033.3%★★☆☆☆
201932.6990 of 144231.3%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202225.51813 of 250927.7%★☆☆☆☆
201929.51639 of 238031.1%★★☆☆☆
201826.51631 of 226227.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202219.62022 of 235914.3%★☆☆☆☆
201917.41967 of 221311.1%★☆☆☆☆
201824.91625 of 207221.6%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202223.61961 of 245820.2%★☆☆☆☆
201929.21721 of 236927.4%★☆☆☆☆
201831.21557 of 223030.2%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202213.02369 of 25276.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.62144 of 240710.9%★☆☆☆☆
201814.82053 of 22739.7%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
English Language Learner (2024)20th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2026)13th percentile+7 vs school
Hispanic (2026)13th percentile+6 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)8th percentile~ school
Male (2026)4th percentile-3 vs school
Asian (2025)3rd percentile-5 vs school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2022)33rd percentile+19 vs school
Female (2022)28th percentile+13 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2022)20th percentile+6 vs school
Hispanic (2022)14th percentile~ school
Male (2022)6th percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy22%-27 vs state
Mathematics15%-24 vs state
Science9%-27 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about La Escuelita

Students at La Escuelita are 49% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 15% African American, 8% Two or more races, 8% White, 1% American Indian.

Students who attend La Escuelita usually go on to attend:

Middle : Westlake Middle
High : Oakland High

La Escuelita ranks in the bottom 6.5% of California elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 274 students attended La Escuelita.

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Latest California data All new data »
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


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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