- 1600 Broadway
- Oakland, CA 94612
- (510) 271-8801
Charter | Grades 9-12 | Oakland Unified
About Lighthouse Community Charter High School
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Lighthouse Community Charter High School is located in Oakland, CA and is one of 42 high schools in Oakland Unified. It is a charter school that serves 145 students in grades 9-12.
Charter schools are public schools, but differ from traditional public schools in that they are independent and are operated by educators, parents, community leaders, educational entrepreneurs, or others. Funding for charter schools is based on designated local or state educational organizations. Those organizations are responsible for monitoring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of education, but permit the schools to operate outside of the traditional public school education system.
Lighthouse Community Charter High School made AYP in 2009. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of California in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Lighthouse Community Charter High School's test results to learn more about school performance.
A school's Academic Performance Index (API) is a scale that ranges from 200 to 1000 and is calculated from the school's performance in the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. The state has set 800 as the API target for all schools to meet.
Lighthouse Community Charter High School had an API growth score of 726 in 2009. California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Lighthouse Community Charter High School's 2009 base score was 681 and the school did meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.
In 2008, Lighthouse Community Charter High School had 21 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The California average is 21 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Lighthouse Community Charter High School's students and teachers.
Lighthouse Community Charter High School Student Diversity
- Students by Ethnicity (2008)
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Hispanic
81 %
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Black
13 %
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White
2 %
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Asian
2 %
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Filipino
2 %
- Students by Gender (2008)
- Male 51%
- Female 49%
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