# Downtown Charter Academy

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

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/downtown-charter-academy-oakland

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `060149313752`
- **School name**: Downtown Charter Academy
- **Location**: Oakland, CA 94606
- **Address**: 2000 Dennison St.
- **District**: Downtown Charter Academy District (LEAID `0601493`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Middle
- **Grade range**: 6–8
- **Charter school**: Yes
- **Coordinates**: 37.78050, -122.24101
- **Phone**: (510)535-1580

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 305
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 13
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 23.5:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 75.4%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Orange
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Blue
  - math: Orange
  - ela: Orange
  - chronic_absent: Green
  - suspension: Yellow

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 61.8% proficient — 257 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 38.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 38.0% proficient

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 3.0% (8 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.9% (3 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]

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

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.0%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 16.0%
- **Black/African American**: 73.0%
- **Asian**: 9.1%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 1.6%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.3%
- **Two or more races**: 0.0%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 57.1%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 9.7% — 25 students
- **English Learners**: 20.5% — 53 students

## Finance
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $18,166,052
- **Federal share**: 14.5%
- **State share**: 64.9%
- **Local share**: 20.6%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $9,833,948

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $58,197
- **Poverty rate**: 17.3%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 33.5%
- **Unemployment**: 6.6%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,406
- **Foreign-born residents**: 42.8%
- **Single-parent households**: 25.0%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 3.3 miles (AMCO CHEMICAL)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 14
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 67
- **Nearest brownfield**: 0.28 miles (URBAN PROMISE ACADEMY OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DIS URBAN APN020 010700706)

### 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**: 7.88458 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 1.5 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **Latitude 37.8 High** — 0.7 mi away, 0% (this school: 3%)
- **ARISE High** — 1.0 mi away, 0% (this school: 3%)
- **Alameda High** — 1.1 mi away, 0.21% (this school: 3%)
- **Oakland Charter High** — 1.2 mi away, 0% (this school: 3%)
- **MetWest High** — 1.4 mi away, 0% (this school: 3%)

### ela proficiency
- **Love Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 59.8% (this school: 49.9%)
- **Alameda High** — 1.1 mi away, 73.2% (this school: 49.9%)
- **Edison Elementary** — 1.1 mi away, 50.65% (this school: 49.9%)
- **Manzanita SEED Elementary** — 1.2 mi away, 56.9% (this school: 49.9%)
- **Oakland Charter High** — 1.2 mi away, 53.5% (this school: 49.9%)

### math proficiency
- **Love Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 66% (this school: 38%)
- **Alameda High** — 1.1 mi away, 66% (this school: 38%)
- **Manzanita SEED Elementary** — 1.2 mi away, 80% (this school: 38%)
- **Franklin Elementary** — 1.4 mi away, 66% (this school: 38%)
- **Edna Brewer Middle** — 1.7 mi away, 80% (this school: 38%)

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