LIFE Academy
Oakland · CA · Oakland Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Patten Academy Of Christian Education → Oakland Charter High → Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay High School → ARISE High → Fremont High → Latitude 37.8 High → Fred Finch-Oakland Hills Academy → Oakland High →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 84% (Bottom 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How LIFE Academy compares for families
What families should know about LIFE Academy.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Patten Academy Of Christian Education, Oakland Charter High, Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 436 students:
≈ 16 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $25,066 per student in district revenue, the 16 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $401,056/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patten Academy Of Christian Education Oakland |
Private | 0.2 | 108 | -20.6% |
| Oakland Charter High Oakland |
Public · charter | 0.2 | 330 | -27.2% |
| Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay High School Oakland |
Private | 0.5 | 272 | — |
| ARISE High Oakland |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 396 | -2.0% |
| Fremont High Oakland |
Public | 0.8 | 1,166 | +10.8% |
| Latitude 37.8 High Oakland |
Public · charter | 0.9 | 389 | +71.4% |
| Fred Finch-Oakland Hills Academy Oakland |
Private | 1.2 | 12 | — |
| Oakland High Oakland |
Public | 1.8 | 1,579 | +0.0% |