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Oakland Charter High School is a
charter school A charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located. It is independent in the sense that it operates according to the basic principle of autono ...
in
Oakland Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay ...
,
California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
serving
high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
students. It was established in 2007. The school mascot is the
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. It is part of the Amethod Public Schools systemHistory
Amethod Public Schools. Retrieved on September 13, 2011.
and the Oakland Unified School District. In 2010–2011 the school had 121 students. The school has since had, for the 2019–2020 school year, 461 students. The
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recognized the school as a Title I Academic Achievement Award School. Students scored a 961 on the Academic Performance Index in 2010 and 938 in 2011, results that exceeded those of other Oakland High Schools except American Indian Public High School and ranking among the top high schools in California.2011 API scores
LA Times The Oakland Charter High School campus has been moved from the downtown location to a new one where the Patten University campus is located for the 2017–18 school year.


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2007 establishments in California Charter high schools in California Educational institutions established in 2007 High schools in Oakland, California Oakland Unified School District {{AlamedaCountyCA-struct-stub