Kipp Bridge Academy, Oakland CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Kipp Bridge Academy

KIPP Bridge Academy is a kindergarten-through-eighth-grade charter school in Oakland serving a student body that is almost entirely low-income. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's population is majority Black, with a substantial Latino minority and smaller shares of Asian, Pacific Islander, and white students.

The school's recent test results show consistent weak proficiency across the board. On the California math assessments, proficiency ranges from the low teens in the middle grades up to the low forties in third grade, with an overall average around the low twenties for the school. English language arts proficiency is higher, averaging in the high thirties overall, but the spread is wide: strong performance in seventh grade sits alongside much lower results in sixth grade. Science proficiency, tested in fifth and eighth grades, falls into the low-to-mid twenties. State testing data was not available for earlier years, so you cannot see whether these scores reflect the school's typical pattern or a recent shift.

A parent considering this school should understand that its current students are performing significantly below the midpoint of proficiency when compared to other district schools across Alameda County. The school operates in Oakland, a city with a distinct geographic character. Downtown and walkable neighborhoods like Temescal and Rockridge center on commercial streets with strong foot traffic and dining culture, while hill neighborhoods require a car. Housing values in the broader 94607 zip code have declined moderately in the past year, and rental prices remain accessible but rising. The city's development pipeline has shifted sharply from market-rate apartment towers toward affordable rental housing, with projects focused on people exiting homelessness also in the mix.

KIPP Bridge Academy is part of a network school system, which typically means alignment with a national model emphasizing extended school days and standardized curriculum. The school itself sits in the Market Street area of Oakland. As a charter school, it operates independently of the Oakland Unified School District but is accountable to California's charter authorizer and must meet its terms of authorization.

On paper the school's academic outcomes do not stack up. A parent interested in the school may want to speak directly with the school leadership about what the below-average test results reflect, what instructional moves are underway, and what the school's realistic academic trajectory looks like. The school serves a high-need population in a city where many elementary and middle schools struggle similarly. It may have strengths in school culture, family engagement, or individual student relationships that the test numbers alone do not capture, or it may simply be an early-stage operation climbing toward stronger results. Those are conversations only the school can answer honestly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 344%

School 44% · district not reported

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 429%

School 29% · district not reported

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 522%

School 22% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 613%

School 13% · district not reported

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 735%

School 35% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 831%

School 31% · district not reported

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 329%

School 29% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 436%

School 36% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 540%

School 40% · district not reported

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 624%

School 24% · district not reported

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 754%

School 54% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 848%

School 48% · district not reported

▲ 4 pts above state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 523%

School 23% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 815%

School 15% · district not reported

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.