Oakland School For The Arts - Oakland, California/CA

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Oakland School For The Arts

1800 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, CA, 94612 -

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Definition of Terms

Oakland School For The Arts

School Level

High school

School Type

Charter School

Grades Offered

Grades 6 - 12

County

Alameda County, CA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

421 students

% Male / % Female

28% / 72%

Total Classroom Teachers

18 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 6 - 55 students

Grade 7 - 36 students

Grade 8 - 24 students

Grade 9 - 88 students

Grade 10 - 99 students

Grade 11 - 58 students

Grade 12 - 61 students

This School

( CA ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:23

1:20

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( CA ) School Average

% American Indian	1%	1%
% Asian	5%	11%
% Hispanic	8%	45%
% Black	53%	7%
% White	18%	33%
% Unknown	15 %	4%

Additional Student Information

This School

( CA ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

n/a

44%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

n/a

10%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

( CA ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Oakland Unified School District

This School's Agency

( CA ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	137	4
Number of Students Managed	47,939 students	1,785 students
District Total Revenue	$509,588,000	$16,194,000
District Expenditure	$535,778,000	$16,545,000
District Revenue / Student	$10,630	$8,848
District Expenditure / Student	$11,176	$8,162
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Founding: Oakland School for the Arts was founded in 2000 via a charter from the Oakland Unified School District and in October of 2001 it received 501(c)(3) nonprofit status in October of 2001. In September of 2002 OSA opened its doors to its first freshman class, class of 2006.
Overview: In the morning, Oakland School for the Arts students take academic classes like English, Romance Language, Science and mathematics. Oakland School for the Arts curriculum has met the requirements of all UCs, but there have been some problems keeping a steady Physical Education program.
Currently, there are four emphases at Oakland School for the Arts: Dance, Instrumental Music, Theatre and Vocal Music. For the first three years of OSA's existence, there were eight emphases: Acting, Arts Management, Dance, Literary Arts, Instrumental Music, Theatre Design and Production, Visual Arts and Vocal Music. During the 2005-06 school year, Theatre Design and Production was merged into Visual Arts. OSA was faced with budget cuts during summer 2006 and chose to merge Acting, Arts Management, Literary Arts and Visual Arts and Design into one emphasis called Theatre.
Location: OSA is located in a temporary campus next to its future home, the Fox Theatre, which is in the midst of being renovated.
Middle School: Oakland School for the Arts first opened with a ninth grade class and added another high school grade each year. For the 2005-06 school year, though, a middle school was added. Adminstration went through great lengths to keep the "middle school" and "high school" seperate, giving the middle schoolers a different entrance/exit and shorter school hours. Middle schoolers, however, are only given one show a year (excluding the traditional all-school musical). They are not permitted to use laptops, eat off-campus or even leave the cafeteria/performance area (deemed "the tent") during their lunch period.
Jerry Awards: Oakland School for the Arts has an annual "awards ceremony" called the Jerry Awards named after Mayor Jerry Brown. The nomination process is simply a group of adminstrators choosing students from each emphasis without input from faculty or other students. There are two categories per emphasis: Best Student In... and Best New Student In... The 2005-06 awards ceremony gave the Best New Student In... category to middle schoolers. Best Student In... winners have traditionally been seniors, not truly giving the juniors, sophomores or freshmen a chance to win.
Ranking: OSA continues to excel on standardized tests. In the 2002-2003 school year, OSA received a score of 8 (out of 10) on the STAR test (the highest in OUSD) and in the 2003-2004 year, it received a 9, again the highest score in the district.
Success of Students: OSA students are among the brightest and most talent students in the East Bay. The first graduating senior class recently graduated, with 100% of the class accepted to four year colleges. Graduates of '06 were accepted to a variety of institutions, both academic and artistic, including: Columbia University, University of Michigan, Stanford University, Middlebury College, Carnegie Mellon University, Wesleyan University, Mount Holyoke College, Barnard College, Spelman College, Howard University, Berklee College of Music, Pratt Institute, California College of the Arts, Boston Conservatory, Fordham University, Texas A&M, San Francisco State University, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego and many others.
However, there is a high teacher turnover rate at Oakland School for the Arts and test scores from the 2005-06 school year were not as high as previous years.
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About This Zip Code (94612)

School Zip (94612)

(CA) State Average

Population (Approximate)

11,700 people

33,137,211 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

28%

32%

Population Average Age

39 years old

33.3 years old

Average Household size

1.7 persons

2.9 persons

Median Household Income

$20,034

$49,006

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

1.9 rooms

4.8 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

55 years old

39 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

6% / 94%

58% / 42%

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