📍 581 61st St., Oakland, Alameda County, 94609
Sankofa United Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Oakland, Alameda County. The school has 270 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Charquita Arnold. It is part of the Oakland Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
Sankofa United Elementary enrolls 270 students across grades K–5. The student body is 57% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 14 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 37% Black or African American, 25% White and 20% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 98 | 37% |
| White | 67 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 53 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 16% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
167 of the school's 270 students (62%) 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.
Sankofa United Elementary 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.
Sankofa United Elementary 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 270 students, Sankofa United Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 413 students per school.
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