📍 2101 35th Ave., Oakland, Alameda County, 94601
LIFE Academy is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Oakland, Alameda County. The school has 424 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Alykhan Boolani. It is part of the Oakland Unified school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
LIFE Academy enrolls 424 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Hispanic or Latino, 4% Black or African American and 3.3% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 381 | 90% |
| Black or African American | 17 | 4% |
| Asian | 14 | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.9% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
404 of the school's 424 students (95%) 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.
LIFE Academy 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.
LIFE Academy 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 424 students, LIFE Academy is close to the district average of about 413 students per school.