Oakland International High Sch
Oakland · Alameda County · Public
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- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 72% (Bottom 16% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Oakland International High Sch compares for families
Real college outcomes data available below.
- ▸ Statewide9.6% UC Reach — 8.5 points below the California median of 18.1%.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (9.6% UC Reach vs 26.8% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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 16% 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.
🏛️ 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.
Oakland International High Sch sent 43 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 16.3% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 9.6% — 8.5 percentage points below the California median of 18.1%, higher than 15% of California high schools..
-17.2 pp vs. peer median (26.8%) · Ranked #7 of 8 similar schools
18.1%
26.8%
51.2%
9.6%
Higher than 15% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Oakland International High Sch's UC Reach of 9.6% is below the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.
But in Alameda County, where the local median is 40.5% and the top-10% bar is 68.1%, this score is mid-pack rather than exceptional — typical of its market rather than a standout.
Against similar schools, Oakland International High Sch trails the peer-group median (26.8%) — even though it looks strong vs. the state average.
Overall, Oakland International High Sch's UC Reach is higher than 15% of California high schools (978 ranked).
UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA
Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.
| Campus | 4.00+ GPA | 3.70–3.99 GPA | 3.30–3.69 GPA | < 3.30 GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Davis | Strong shot | Strong shot | Real shot | Filtered out |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Davis | 3.84 | 3.92 | +0.08 | 63.6% | Peers +0.29 · wider |
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)
| GPA band | UCB | UCLA | UCSD | UCSB | UCI | UCD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.00+ | 17.0% | 15.1% | 45.2% | 62.3% | 46.3% | 65.9% |
| 3.70–3.99 | 3.1% | 1.6% | 9.3% | 17.6% | 17.0% | 31.1% |
| 3.30–3.69 | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.5% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 10.3% |
| 3.00–3.29 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.9% |
| < 3.00 | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.7% |
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 15 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.84 | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 11 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.90 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 6 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 3.94 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 11 | 7 | —† | 63.6% | 9.6% | — | 3.84 | 3.92 |
SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025
Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.
Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.
Student composition — 2025-26
HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.
Race / ethnicity
Program subgroups
Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.
Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25
Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.
Absenteeism is up 34.0 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-5.0%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~232 | -12 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~209 | -35 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~189 | -55 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.
Oakland International High Sch — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Oakland · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Oakland International High Sch sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 8): 10% vs. a peer median of 27%.
- ▸Oakland International High Sch's UC Reach has stepped down from a peak of 17% in 2024 to 10% in 2025 — a 7-point decline worth tracking.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 12% (95→84 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -0%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-5.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~209 by 2029 — about 35 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 35 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.
Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland International High Sch | Public | 244 | 9.6% | -12% |
| Peer-group median | 26.8% | -0% | ||
| Mcclymonds High School | Public | 301 | 5.4% | -11% |
| Rudsdale Continuation High | Public | 245 | — | +95% |
| Metwest High School | Public | 193 | 26.8% | +16% |
| Envision Academy For Arts & Technology | Public | 171 | — | -58% |
| Oakland Unity High School | Public | 303 | 22.8% | -10% |
| Oakland Charter High School | Public | 330 | 55.8% | -12% |
| Aims College Prep High School | Public | 369 | 30.1% | +6% |
| S.f. International High | Public | 271 | — | -7% |
| Emery Secondary School | Public | 148 | 31.1% | +6% |
| John Henry High School | Public | 338 | 14.5% | +36% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →
Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25
Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Alameda County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Enrollment -11.6% vs. county +0.6% AND stability (73.8%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 59.6% (up +34.2 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.
89 of 340 students who enrolled at Oakland International High Sch this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (26.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.