📍 8521 A St., Oakland, Alameda County, 94621
Highland Community is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Oakland, Alameda County. The school has 447 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Samantha Keller. It is part of the Oakland Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
Highland Community enrolls 447 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 19 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% Hispanic or Latino, 16% Black or African American and 4.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 344 | 77% |
| Black or African American | 72 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 4.7% |
| Asian | 9 | 2% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
440 of the school's 447 students (98%) 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.
Highland Community is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Highland Community is one of 82 schools in Oakland Unified, based in Oakland, California. The district serves 33,838 students district-wide and employs 1,808 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 447 students, Highland Community is close to the district average of about 413 students per school.