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Castlemont High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
8601 Mac Arthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94605
Phone
(510) 879-2301
District
OAKLAND UNIFIED
County
ALAMEDA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
725
Classroom Teachers
48

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

2

(10 is best)

Better than 14.1% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Castlemont High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
6%
41%
11%
54%
1%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
15
19
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 187 25.8%
Grade 10 162 22.3%
Grade 11 189 26.1%
Grade 12 187 25.8%
Total 725 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 0.4% 12.0% 22.7%
Black 29.1% 23.7% 5.4%
Hispanic 67.0% 49.8% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.7% 13.2% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.7% 1.4% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 88.4% 75.6% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 81.9% 66.6% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.5% 9.0% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 436,384 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 7,731.2 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.6% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 41.3% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.7% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 13.5% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 166,845 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 8.4% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 84.7% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 47.2% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 28.4% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.7% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.0% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.0% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.4% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.0% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 10.3% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,589 $345,462,903 44.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,051 $37,864,377 4.9%
Staff $1,541 $55,517,607 7.2%
General Administration $165 $5,944,455 0.8%
School Administration $1,114 $40,134,078 5.2%
Operation $1,627 $58,615,929 7.6%
Transportation $350 $12,609,450 1.6%
Other $687 $24,750,549 3.2%
Total Support $6,535 $235,436,445 30.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,421 $195,302,367 25.2%
Total Expenditures $21,546 $776,237,742 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,443 $49,757,893,850 48.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $924 $5,448,154,552 5.3%
Staff $874 $5,153,341,847 5.0%
General Administration $228 $1,344,982,098 1.3%
School Administration $939 $5,530,709,253 5.3%
Operation $1,330 $7,835,832,768 7.6%
Transportation $297 $1,752,376,286 1.7%
Other $706 $4,162,206,192 4.0%
Total Support $5,299 $31,228,266,126 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,859 $22,743,739,970 21.9%
Total Expenditures $17,602 $103,729,621,761 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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