Madison Park Academy 6-12, Oakland CA

Original Research by School Decision on Madison Park Academy 6-12

Madison Park Academy 6-12 sits in the Eastmont area of East Oakland, at the southern end of the city, serving students from sixth grade through twelfth. It is a regular district school within Oakland Unified, not a charter. The student body is relatively small for a school spanning seven grade levels, and the demographics are sharply defined: nearly every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, the large majority of students are Hispanic or Latino, and a smaller share is Black. Data on English learner and special education populations was not available in the data provided.

The academic picture on state assessments is difficult to characterize gently. On the California CAASPP tests, proficiency rates in English language arts and math across the tested middle school grades are very low, sitting in the single digits for math in sixth grade and only modestly higher in seventh and eighth grade ELA. The overall proficiency index, which averages across subjects and grades, places Madison Park in the bottom quartile among schools and districts with available data in Alameda County. Science results at the eighth grade level are similarly low. Social studies data available in the record dates from more than a decade ago, so it does not reflect current conditions. There is only one year of data available in the current dataset, so no trend direction can be described. A parent asking whether students here are meeting state grade-level benchmarks at high rates will find the honest answer is no, and this is worth discussing directly with the school to understand what supports and instructional approaches are in place.

A graduation rate was not available in the data, and chronic absenteeism data was also absent. Program information was not provided, so it is not possible to say whether the school offers AP courses, career pathways, or dual enrollment options. Those are meaningful gaps for a family considering the high school years here, and asking the school directly about its course sequence and post-secondary supports would be well worth the time.

The school is located in the 94603 zip code. Home values in this zip are well below the California statewide benchmark and a fraction of what typical Oakland listings show in neighborhoods like Rockridge or the hills. Rents have ticked up modestly over the past year while home values have declined. The rent-to-income burden in this area is high relative to typical affordability thresholds, reflecting the broader East Oakland housing reality where working families face pressure despite prices that are lower than the city's more affluent corridors.

Oakland itself is a city of sharp neighborhood contrasts. East Oakland, where this school sits, is closer to the Fruitvale and Coliseum BART stations and the working commercial strip of International Boulevard, known for its immigrant-owned food businesses and markets, than it is to the wealthier hillside neighborhoods or the Rockridge and Temescal retail corridors. The Port of Oakland operates nearby, and the employment base for residents of this part of the city leans toward healthcare, logistics, and city and county government jobs rather than the tech economy concentrated elsewhere in the Bay Area. Oakland's affordable housing pipeline has accelerated in recent years, with a notable volume of units either under construction or in the development pipeline, many reserved for lower-income households.

For the Oakland Unified district more broadly, the research for this brief returned results focused on city-level tax measures rather than district-specific instructional or operational changes, so district-wide strategic priorities or recent OUSD decisions were not confirmed and were left out rather than guessed at.

Madison Park serves a community with concentrated economic need in a part of Oakland that does not have the school amenities or test results that families with choices typically seek first. A parent weighing this school should ask specifically about classroom supports for students working below grade level, the school's college-going culture and counseling resources, and what the four-year graduation and A-G completion picture looks like, since none of that data was available here.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

90-94%Cohort of 84 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

2,394 schools plotted. 142 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 61%

School 1% · District 21% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 78%

School 8% · District 25% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 85%

School 5% · District 21% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 67%

School 7% · District 30% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 37 pts below county median

Grade 713%

School 13% · District 35% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 36 pts below county median

Grade 816%

School 16% · District 34% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

Science

Grade 810%

School 10% · District 21% · ▼ 10 pts below district

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

Social studies

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 30% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

This schoolOakland Unified, 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.