Regular local school district · Alameda County
Oakland Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Oakland Unified runs 84 public schools with 33,838 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 18.8 students per teacher is 3.1 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 84
- Students
- 33,838
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,798
- Students per teacher
- 18.8
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1011 Union St, Oakland, CA 94607
- Phone
- (510)879-8000
- County
- Alameda County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0628050
- State district ID
- CA-0161259
- Total staff (FTE)
- 4,301
- School counselors (FTE)
- 41.0About 825 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 133.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.8
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (35,489), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $889.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $134.3 million
- State revenue
- $386.1 million
- Local revenue
- $369.1 million
- Total spending
- $773.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,806
- Salaries
- $341.5 million44.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $998.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.1%
- State: 43.4%
- Local: 41.5%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,806
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Oakland Unified
By level: 17 high, 11 middle, 53 elementary, 3 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| ACORN Woodland ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 291 | 24.2 |
| Allendale ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 368 | 21.6 |
| Bella Vista ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 349 | 23.3 |
| Bret Harte MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 9 | 337 | 12.5 |
| Bridges @ Melrose Academy ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 389 | 21.6 |
| Brookfield ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 133 | 26.6 |
| Burbank Child Development Center | Elementary | K | 36 | 4.0 |
| Burbank Preschool Center | ||||
| Burckhalter ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 193 | 21.4 |
| Carl B. Munck ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 151 | 16.8 |
| Castlemont HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 719 | 14.1 |
| Chabot ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 576 | 24.0 |
| Claremont MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 487 | 17.4 |
| Cleveland ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 376 | 26.9 |
| Coliseum College Prep AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 861 | 15.1 |
| Crocker Highlands ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 415 | 24.4 |
| Dewey Academy HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 125 | 17.9 |
| East Oakland Pride ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 314 | 22.4 |
| Edna Brewer MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 785 | 17.8 |
| Elmhurst United MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 729 | 15.5 |
| Emerson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 354 | 19.7 |
| EnCompass Academy Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 283 | 21.8 |
| Esperanza ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 418 | 22.0 |
| Franklin ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 499 | 22.7 |
| Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 180 | 20.0 |
| Fremont HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,166 | 16.4 |
| Frick United Academy of Language MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 392 | 17.8 |
| Fruitvale ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 254 | 21.2 |
| Garfield ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 454 | 25.2 |
| Gateway to College High at Laney College | High | 9 to 12 | 104 | |
| Glenview ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 476 | 25.1 |
| Global Family ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 446 | 22.3 |
| Grass Valley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 182 | 20.2 |
| GreenleafCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 613 | 23.6 |
| Highland CommunityCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 457 | 22.9 |
| HillcrestCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 393 | 21.8 |
| Hintil Kuu Ka Child Development Center | Elementary | K | 47 | 15.7 |
| Home and Hospital Program | Other | K to 12 | 3 | |
| Hoover ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 281 | 25.5 |
| Horace Mann ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 200 | 22.2 |
| Independent Study Sojourner Truth | Other | K to 12 | 481 | 13.7 |
| Infant and Preschool Program | Elementary | 2 | 1 | |
| International Community Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 301 | 23.2 |
| Joaquin Miller ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 406 | 25.4 |
| Kaiser Early Childhood CenterCEP school | Elementary | K | 118 | 9.1 |
| La EscuelitaCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 274 | 27.4 |
| Laurel ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 473 | 27.8 |
| LIFE Academy | High | 6 to 12 | 436 | 15.0 |
| Lincoln ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 664 | 24.6 |
| Lockwood STEAM Academy ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 678 | 25.1 |
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Nearby and related
Other districts in Alameda County
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.