High · California
LIFE Academy
LIFE Academy, a public high school in Oakland, California: grades 6–12, 436 students, 14.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Oakland Unified.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 436
- Teachers (FTE)
- 29.9
- Students per teacher
- 14.6
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 72% of high schools in California
Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared
More students per teacher than 51% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 51% of high schools in California
Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared
Larger than 51% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%35%proficient
−4.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 52% of high schools in California
Median 34% · 189 high schools compared
185 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%15%proficient
−8.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 58% of high schools in California
Median 18% · 190 high schools compared
183 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large city
- Run by
- Oakland Unified
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Oakland Unified.
Location
- Address
- 2101 35th Ave., Oakland, CA 94601
- Phone
- (510)879-1335
- City or town
- Oakland
- County
- Alameda County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Oakland Charter HighCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 330 | 21.7 |
ARISE HighCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 396 | 15.7 |
Fremont HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,166 | 16.2 |
Latitude 37.8 HighCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 389 | 14.9 |
Oakland HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,579 | 18.4 |
Alternatives in ActionCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 106 | 22.1 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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