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Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public

Oakland · CA · Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public District · Public charter · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public compares for families

What families should know about Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public.

  • LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy, Madison Park Academy 6-12, Lighthouse Community Charter High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
0.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: 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.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

96.7%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥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

Student : Counselor
241:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
3.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
29
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

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 +2.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 723 students:

2025
742
2027
781
2029
823

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $15,223 per student in district revenue, the 100 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,522,300/year in additional funding.

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy
Oakland
Public · charter 0.3 228 -20.3%
Madison Park Academy 6-12
Oakland
Public 0.4 410 -5.5%
Lighthouse Community Charter High
Oakland
Public · charter 1.0 281 -10.2%
Lincoln High (Continuation)
San Leandro
Public 1.4 166 +18.6%
Bishop Odowd High School
Oakland
Private 1.8 1,248 +1.0%
Castlemont High
Oakland
Public 1.9 719 -0.8%
LPS Oakland R & D Campus
Oakland
Public · charter 2.0 173 -60.3%
Aspire Golden State College Preparatory Academy
Oakland
Public · charter 2.1 230 -29.2%

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