Alameda County · California
Oakland, CA public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Oakland Unified — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
Oakland Unified is the primary public district for Oakland, CA. It enrolls 34,149 students in 82 schools with 1,808 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $21,806 per pupil, 26% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 34,149NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 82Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 18.9Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $21,806Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in Oakland
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 41.5%
- $369,145,000
- State revenue
- 43.4%
- $386,130,000
- Federal revenue
- 15.1%
- $134,288,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Oakland property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 50 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe Oakland Unified (LEAID 0628050) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
Keep going
Other Oakland data on this site.
NCES LEAID 0628050. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.