# Highland Community

*Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/highland-community-oakland/llm*

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/highland-community-oakland

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `062805004274`
- **School name**: Highland Community
- **Location**: Oakland, CA 94621
- **Address**: 8521 A St.
- **District**: Oakland Unified (LEAID `0628050`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Primary
- **Grade range**: 0–5
- **Coordinates**: 37.75180, -122.17875
- **Phone**: (510)879-2125
- **Website**: https://www.ousd.org/highland

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 457
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 20
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 22.9:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 99.3%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Red
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Orange
  - math: Red
  - ela: Red
  - chronic_absent: Red

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 21.0% proficient — 186 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 38.0% (192 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 27.4% (87 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 1.3% (6 students) [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 0.7% (3 students) [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 99.3%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 6.8% — 31 students
- **English Learners**: 51.7% — 234 students

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Speech/Language Impairment**: 15 students
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 10 students
- **Other Health Impairment**: 3 students

## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $24,101
- **Federal share**: $3,989
- **State + local share**: $20,112
- **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 453
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $27,342,715
- **Federal share**: 14.7%
- **State share**: 42.5%
- **Local share**: 42.8%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $12,087,865

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $46,750
- **Poverty rate**: 25.0%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 11.3%
- **Unemployment**: 9.4%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,802
- **Foreign-born residents**: 44.9%
- **Single-parent households**: 24.0%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 7.2 miles (AMCO CHEMICAL)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 9
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 65
- **Nearest brownfield**: 0.40 miles (FORMER ALITA BRAND MACARONI)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: EAST BAY MUD
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 6.17981 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 0.8 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **EnCompass Academy Elementary** — 0.4 mi away, 35.9% (this school: 38%)
- **ACORN Woodland Elementary** — 0.4 mi away, 23.2% (this school: 38%)
- **Oakland Unity Middle** — 0.8 mi away, 11.2% (this school: 38%)
- **Aspire Monarch Academy** — 0.9 mi away, 27.3% (this school: 38%)
- **Castlemont High** — 1.0 mi away, 8.45% (this school: 38%)

### ela proficiency
- **EnCompass Academy Elementary** — 0.4 mi away, 24.85% (this school: 20.5%)
- **ACORN Woodland Elementary** — 0.4 mi away, 36.45% (this school: 20.5%)
- **East Oakland Pride Elementary** — 0.6 mi away, 20.95% (this school: 20.5%)
- **Aspire College Academy** — 0.8 mi away, 26.4% (this school: 20.5%)
- **Elmhurst United Middle** — 0.8 mi away, 23.15% (this school: 20.5%)

### math proficiency
- **EnCompass Academy Elementary** — 0.4 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **ACORN Woodland Elementary** — 0.4 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Francophone Charter School of Oakland** — 1.2 mi away, 66% (this school: 20%)
- **Oakland Unity High** — 1.6 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%)
- **Burckhalter Elementary** — 1.8 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/highland-community-oakland
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/highland-community-oakland/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/highland-community-oakland/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/highland-community-oakland/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/highland-community-oakland/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/highland-community-oakland/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/highland-community-oakland/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/highland-community-oakland/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/highland-community-oakland/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/highland-community-oakland/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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