Oakland School for the Arts

530 18th Street, Oakland, CA 94612View on map

  • Public
  • Oakland
  • 112 seniors
  • 815 students

Oakland School for the Arts is a public high school in Oakland (Oakland Unified) with 112 seniors. In fall 2025, 66% of its 53 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), and UC Davis (UCD). 75% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

66%

35 of 53 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

31%

35 of 112 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

47%

53 of 112 seniors

County median 41%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.8%

3 of 34 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

12%

3 of 26 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

Oakland School for the Arts applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 7 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    3 of 34 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.87)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    3 of 26 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.93)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    26%

    7 of 27 admitted

    This school26%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.88)

  • Santa Barbara5 pts lower

    27%

    6 of 22 admitted

    This school27%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.84)

  • DavisAbout the same

    39%

    11 of 28 admitted

    This school39%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Santa Cruz7 pts higher

    78%

    25 of 32 admitted

    This school78%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.84)

  • Riverside5 pts higher

    92%

    11 of 12 admitted

    This school92%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.75)

  • too few applicants to report12 applied

  • too few applicants to report8 applied

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

Oakland School for the Arts applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 3.

  • San Diego9 pts lower

    25%

    7 of 28 admitted

    This school25%Overall34%

  • Long Beach14 pts lower

    33%

    7 of 21 admitted

    This school33%Overall47%

  • San JoseAbout the same

    83%

    10 of 12 admitted

    This school83%Overall80%

  • San Francisco6 pts lower

    90%

    27 of 30 admitted

    This school90%Overall96%

  • too few applicants to report3 applied

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (104 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

73%

76 of 104 graduates

UC or CSU

32%

33 graduates

Community college

17%

18 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC1918%
CSU1413%
CA private college66%
Out of state1918%
Community college1817%
Not enrolled2827%
Enrolled in college7673%
Total104100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American, Two or more races
  • Student need: Low-income
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Advanced Placement

2

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

8

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

25% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

29%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

33 of 113 graduates

A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.

2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

5%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

5 of 101 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 5 classes

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 82%County median 54%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 43%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 64%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 24%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 27%County median 68%
  • Graduates completing courses 75%County median 75%

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