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Oakland High has integrated its community schools model with six industry-themed Linked Learning pathways and dual enrollment opportunities to create vibrant, engaging, and community-centered learning experiences for its students, leveraging district-and state-level funding to do so. It also has integrated student supports through its on-site Wellness Center, Shop 55. This brief highlights key ways that Oakland High has redesigned its school to center relationships with students and families, increasing achievement, graduation rates, and teacher retention and expertise by providing relevant and authentic learning experiences for students, anchored in the community.  \nA Historic School Goes Through Redesign  \nAlthough more than 150 years old, Oakland High now serves as a harbinger of the future rather thana relic of the past. The school integrates rigorous academics with career-focused pathways, real-world experiences, and comprehensive whole child supports. The on-site Wellness Center, completed in 2010, and the school’s partnership with the East Bay Asian Youth Center signaled the beginning of Oakland High’s shift. In 2013, it hired a new principal just as the district’s full-service community schools vision and commitment to career-and college-focused pathways began to take root, a move that initiated its redesign journey.  \nToday, Oakland High serves 1,579 students as a comprehensive high school with six Linked Learning pathways built on a bedrock of a strong community schools strategy with an on-site Wellness Center. Students experience integrated, dynamic, project-based learning and aligned, authentic assessments that prepare them for the world beyond high school. They are peer mentors for one another, helping foster a supportive and welcoming school climate while building students’ mental health skills. The school is racially diverse, with a higher percentage of students identified as socioeconomically disadvantaged and students experiencing homelessness than the district average of those populations (see Table 1) . Although Oakland High’s large student body provides the resources and capacity for traditional comprehensive high school activities, its small learning communities and its relationship-centered community schools approach help support a whole child vision of learning.  \nTable 1. Demographics for Oakland High School and Oakland Unified School District  \n\n| Demographic | Oakland High | Oakland Unified |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Hispanic or Latino/a | 38% | 51% |\n| Asian | 29% | 9% |\n| African American | 21% | 20% |\n| English learner | 21% | 32% |\n| Students with disabilities | 15% | 16% |\n| Socioeconomically disadvantaged | 90% | 81% |\n| Students experiencing homelessness | 7% | 5% |\n| Total enrollment | 1,579 | 44,647 |\n\nNote: This table includes racial demographic categories that totaled more than 10% for Oakland High School students. Source: California Department of Education. (2025). 2024–25 enrollment by ethnicity and grade [Oakland  \nUnified report 01-61259] . DataQuest. (accessed 01/02/2026); California Department of Education. (2025) . 2024–25 enrollment by ethnicity and grade [Oakland High Report 01-61259-0135905] . DataQuest.  \n(accessed 01/02/2026) .  \nIntegrated Community Schools and Linked Learning  \nOakland High prioritizes relationships, enabled by small learning communities and an A/B block schedule. Students begin with their 9th-grade “family” of roughly 85 total students who share four core content teachers (English language arts, algebra, biology, and ethnic studies) and an administrative team composed of an assistant principal, counselor, and case ","cbCairnXZnWeEVPK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairnXZnWeEVPK","pdf",1041452,12,"English","# Summary\n# A Historic School Goes Through Redesign\n# Integrated Community Schools and Linked Learning\n## Small learning communities and schedule\n## Industry-themed pathways\n## Student supports and wellness","[{\"question\":\"What redesign strategy is Oakland High using to support student success?\",\"answer\":\"Oakland High blends its community schools model with Linked Learning industry-themed pathways, dual enrollment opportunities, and whole-child supports to create relationship-centered learning experiences.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the school structure learning across grades 9–12?\",\"answer\":\"Students start in a 9th-grade “family” with shared core teachers and an administrative support team, then move in 10th–12th grades into one of the industry-themed Linked Learning pathways.\"},{\"question\":\"What resources and programs help students beyond classroom instruction?\",\"answer\":\"The school offers extracurricular activities, service and interest clubs, orchestral and jazz programs, specialized support programs, plus work-based learning experiences coordinated through a liaison and community partnerships. 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