Education Alternatives in Oakland California

The 137 public schools in Oakland, California operate under the Oakland Unified School District. This district contains 70 elementary schools, 36 middle schools, and 31 high schools. These include ACORN Woodland Elementary, Montera Middle School, and Oakland High School.

The spending per pupil in the OUSD is $9,019, with the average class size ranging between 19 and 28 students, depending on the grade. More statistics on the OUSD can be found at http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/ca/district_profile/14

Outside of the OUSD, there are 95 private and 45 charter schools. The private schools consist of 42 elementary schools, 36 middle schools and 17 high schools, while the charter schools consist of 14 elementary, 16 middle and 15 high schools.

Some of the Private schools perform much better than the city-wide average. In 2005, the results of the STAR testing showed that over half of the students at Hillcrest Elementary School performed at the “advanced” level in the test’s English portion, and students at Lincoln Elementary School performed at the “advanced” level in the test’s Math portion.

Oakland also contains 9 colleges and 3 universities, such as the University of Oakland