📍 8251 Fontaine St., Oakland, Alameda County, 94605
Independent Study Sojourner Truth is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Oakland, Alameda County. The school has 690 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Oakland Unified school district. It serves grades K–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 52.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
Independent Study Sojourner Truth enrolls 690 students across grades K–12. The student body is 44% male and 56% female. A teaching staff of 52.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 36% Black or African American, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 250 | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 217 | 32% |
| Two or more races | 90 | 13% |
| Asian | 60 | 8.7% |
| White | 55 | 8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 11 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
611 of the school's 690 students (89%) 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.
Independent Study Sojourner Truth 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.
Independent Study Sojourner Truth 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 690 students, Independent Study Sojourner Truth is larger than the district average of about 413 students per school.
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