State/Public Middle Open

Downtown Charter Academy

๐Ÿ“ 2000 Dennison St., Oakland, Alameda County, 94606

259
Pupils
22.3
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Downtown Charter Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Oakland, Alameda County. The school has 259 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Adrienne Barnes. It is part of the Downtown Charter Academy District school district. It serves grades 6โ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.3:1. It operates as a public charter school.

School details

Principal
Adrienne Barnes
School district
Downtown Charter Academy District

Enrollment & staffing

Downtown Charter Academy enrolls 259 students across grades 6โ€“8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.3:1.

Male students
135 (52%)
Female students
124 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
11.6
Student-teacher ratio
22.3:1
Grade span
6โ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% Asian, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Asian20077%
Hispanic or Latino4116%
Black or African American124.6%
Two or more races51.9%
White1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

199 of the school's 259 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades 6โ€“8Charter schoolTitle I

Downtown Charter Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.

School district: Downtown Charter Academy District

Downtown Charter Academy is one of 1 schools in Downtown Charter Academy District, based in Oakland, California. The district serves 305 students district-wide and employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 259 students, Downtown Charter Academy is smaller than the district average of about 305 students per school.

305
District students
1
Schools
11
Teachers (FTE)

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