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American Indian Public Charter
3637 Magee Ave., Oakland, CA, 94619-1404 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
American Indian Public Charter
School Level Middle school
School Type Charter School
Grades Offered Grades 6 - 9
County Alameda County, CA
Awards Honored for National Blue Ribbon Award Blue Ribbon School – Selected in 2006  
Students & Faculty
Total Students 196 students
% Male / % Female 50%  /  50%
Total Classroom Teachers 9 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 6 - 55 students
Grade 7 - 55 students
Grade 8 - 55 students
Grade 9 - 31 students
This School
(CA) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:22 1:23
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(CA) School Average
% American Indian 13% 1%
% Asian 35% 11%
% Hispanic 23% 43%
% Black 27% 8%
% White 3% 35%
Additional Student Information
This School
(CA) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 36% 40%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 46% 9%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a 3%
School Performance:
(CA) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Oakland Unified School District
This School's Agency
(CA) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 137 8
Number of Students Managed 48,438 students 4,049 students
District Total Revenue $509,588,000 $35,219,000
District Expenditure $535,778,000 $35,405,000
District Revenue / Student $10,520 $8,698
District Expenditure / Student $11,061 $8,744
In the News:
  • Guest Opinion (Tucson Weekly)
    posted on October 28, 2009 at 09:39:34 pm
    TUSD seems to be focusing on 'social justice' rather than academic standards by Jonathan Hoffman Dr. Ben Chavis, a Native American from North Carolina who earned both a bachelor's degree and a doctorate in education from the University of Arizona, took over a failing charter school in Oakland, Calif. He instituted high academic standards and was a tough disciplinarian who passed out detentions ...
  • Oakland education gadfly backs Obama reform (San Francisco Chronicle)
    posted on October 3, 2009 at 01:11:56 pm
    Although a Democrat, Ben Chavis, the former principal of the American Indian Public Charter School in Oakland, is an unlikely advocate for the education reform plan backed by President Obama. Chavis bucks the conventions typically associated with his party's...
  • Local author tells principal's story (Solana Beach Sun)
    posted on September 23, 2009 at 09:08:11 pm
    Carey Blakely Local author Carey Blakely has turned her experiences at an Oakland charter school into a recently published book, "Crazy Like a Fox: One Principal's Triumph in the Inner City." Released Sept. 1, the book takes readers inside the American Indian Public Charter School, nicknamed "The Zoo" by Oakland locals until Principal Dr. Ben Chavis came along. Bucking against many education ...
  • 'Crazy Like a Fox,' by Ben Chavis (San Francisco Chronicle)
    posted on September 13, 2009 at 07:31:27 am
    Crazy Like a Fox One Principal's Triumph in the Inner City By Ben Chavis, with Carey Blakely (New American Library; 287 pages; $24.95) Under his leadership as a charismatic and unconventional principal, Ben Chavis turned a failing charter school in Oakland...
  • Commentary: Who says public schools need more money? (CNN)
    posted on September 9, 2009 at 02:39:14 pm
    Teachers unions and politicians are constantly claiming that K-12 public schools need more money in order to produce good academic results. But does the data support the argument that our schools need more money to succeed?
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (94619)
School Zip (94619)
(CA) State Average
Population (Approximate) 24,501 people 33,115,272 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 43% 32%
Population Average Age 37 years old 32 years old
Average Household size 2.7 persons 2.9 persons
Median Household Income $54,174 $48,909
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.1 rooms 4.8 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 61 years old 39 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (94619)


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% Owning / % Renting 66% / 34% 58% / 42%
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