Located in Oakland, CA. Serving grades KG through 05.
Prescott Elementary sits in Oakland's central neighborhoods, serving children in kindergarten through fifth grade. The school enrolls a small cohort of about a hundred students, predominantly from families with low incomes; nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The student body is racially mixed, with a majority of Black students, a substantial share of Hispanic students, and a smaller Asian population.
The school's state test results tell a story of very low proficiency. In English language arts, proficiency ranges from zero in third grade to near a third of students meeting standards in fifth grade. In math, results run even lower, with only a single-digit proficiency rate in third grade, climbing modestly to the mid-teens by fifth grade. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile among districts in Alameda County. Science proficiency in the one tested grade shows single-digit results. These numbers are remarkably weak and suggest that most students, even as they progress through elementary grades, are not meeting grade-level benchmarks in core subjects. A parent may want to look into this further with the school: what does Prescott attribute this gap to, what targeted supports are in place, and what trajectory does the school see?
The 94607 zip code where Prescott sits is in Oakland proper, in a neighborhood with residential character. Housing costs in the immediate area are moderate relative to Bay Area standards, though mortgage costs and rent are both significant. The surrounding Oakland neighborhoods carry the textures of a patchwork city: tree-lined streets of Craftsman homes and early twentieth-century bungalows, neighborhood commercial nodes with independent cafes and shops, and a strong arts and cultural identity woven through the city. Oakland overall is quite walkable in its urban cores and denser districts, though individual neighborhoods vary widely in their car-dependence. Downtown Oakland and midtown neighborhoods feature active street life; hillside areas are more car-oriented.
No data on special education enrollment, English learner status, chronic absenteeism, or staff was available. The school's broader district context also could not be pinned down; the search turned up mostly city-level tax measures rather than Oakland Unified-specific school-wide initiatives or changes that would shape a parent's understanding of district direction. That gap leaves an incomplete picture of what Oakland Unified is doing at the classroom level or how the district is working to lift proficiency in schools like this one.
Prescott is a small, deeply under-resourced elementary school in a low-income neighborhood, serving students who are nearly all from families living at or near poverty, with very low academic attainment on state tests and limited documentation of what the school and district are doing to shift that trajectory. It is the kind of school where a parent's choice to enroll a child would rest almost entirely on proximity, trust in school leadership and staff, or faith in a specific intervention or program the school offers. None of that information appears in this data set.
Percent of students meeting or exceeding state standards, by grade.
Officially reported figures, 2024-25.
All reported measures, by topic.