The school year officially starts on Monday – August 9th! Is your child(ren) enrolled? If you are still making a decision, Great School Voices analyzed some new data that may help make that decision a bit easier.
Great School Voices took a look a some new data recently released by the state. We broke it down into subgroups (schools showing progress with Black, Brown and low income students). Use these lists as starting points and do your homework. Here you will see data on graduation rates, change (how much scores went up or down from year to year) and status (overall scores), which together provide a more balanced look at school quality. The following analysis results are specifically for Black students. Other groups (Hispanic/Latino, API & others) will be analyzed in the near future.
K-8 Schools Showing High Results for Black students-
Community school for Creative Education has the highest growth in both Math and ELA. Hillcrest showed great gains in ELA. Other schools include Greenleaf, Lazear Charter, KIPP Bridge, Melrose and American Indian Charter II as well as Lighthouse Community Charter and Aspire Berkeley Maynard.
Elementary Schools Showing High results for Black Students.
Schools with very high test scores in math, ELA and high growth In both subjects include Chabot, Montclair and Kaiser (closed). Other schools with great gains include Redwood Heights, Crocker Highlands, Peralta, Cleveland and Fruitvale. See more data from the CORE collaborative. Read the full breakdown here. Please continue to do your own research in picking the best option for your children. Enrollment portals for OUSD and Enroll Oakland are easy to use. Here are the open seats for this week! There are still schools with open seats. Enroll your child(ren) soon!
