Schools · Alameda
Alameda, CA schools
Kids attend one of 9 schools through grade 8, then one of 4 high schools and Alameda High or Encinal Junior/Senior High.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B+
Alameda’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Alameda’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 70% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B+Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 70%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (368)Better than 58%
Lower confidence. Built on 0 tested students and a graduating class of 754. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Alameda kids go to school
Grades 9–12
4 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Alameda City Unified School DistrictGrades 12
Alameda High or Encinal Junior/Senior High
Depends on your address Alameda City Unified School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Graduation · class of 2020
93% graduate on time
Graduation rate
93%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
754
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #186 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
The district serving Alameda
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 29 schools in Alameda
Showing 1–29 of 29 schools
The Academy of AlamedaElementary · Grades K–8 · 638 students
CharterAmelia Earhart ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 573 students
PublicFrank Otis ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 569 students
PublicBay FarmElementary · Grades K–8 · 531 students
PublicLove ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 498 students
PublicMaya LinElementary · Grades K–5 · 475 students
PublicEdison ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 474 students
PublicRuby Bridges ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 458 students
PublicWilliam G. Paden ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 372 students
PublicFranklin ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 291 students
PublicLincoln MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 971 students
PublicWill C. Wood MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 613 students
PublicAlameda HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,868 students
PublicEncinal Junior/Senior HighHigh · Grades 6–12 · 1,280 students
PublicAlameda Community Learning CenterHigh · Grades 6–12 · 362 students
CharterAlameda Science and Technology InstituteHigh · Grades 9–12 · 211 students
PublicIsland High (Continuation)High · Grades 9–12 · 76 students
PublicNea Community Learning CenterOther · Grades K–12 · 479 students
CharterAlameda Unified Special EducationGrades M
PublicCHILD UNIQUE MONTESSORI
PrivateCOASTLINE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
PrivateENCOMPASS FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL
PrivateMONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF ALAMEDA
PrivateRISING STAR MONTESSORI SCHOOL
PrivateST JOSEPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PrivateST JOSEPH NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL
PrivateST PHILIP NERI SCHOOL
PrivateTHE CHILD UNIQUE MONTESSORI SCHOOL
PrivateTHE PHILLIPS ACADEMY
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.