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Congratulations to the Class of 2025!

We’re proud to celebrate your achievements. Thank you for letting us be part of your journey. Relive the highlights from this year’s unforgettable graduation ceremonies.

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Free Meals this Summer!

Oakland kids and teens (18 and under) can visit any OUSD summer learning site for FREE breakfast and lunch this summer. 

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Honoring Our Own: Celebrating OUSD Excellence

Recognizing outstanding OUSD employees who go above and beyond to support our students and community.

Meet the Honorees

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OUSD completes historic step toward exiting state receivership

On June 30, 2025, OUSD is expected to make its final two payments on the $100 million loan from 2003. Read about the impacts of this significant step.

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OUSD is a Sanctuary District! 

Oakland Unified stands in solidarity with the immigrant community and remains committed to providing safe and secure learning communities for all children, regardless of race, ethnicity, or immigration status. We take seriously our identify as a sanctuary district and in these turbulent times seek to reassure the community of ongoing focus on student care and safety.

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Focused on high academic achievement while serving the whole child, eliminating inequity, and providing each child with excellent teachers, every day.

EXPLORE OUR FOUR PILLARS

Ensuring Strong Readers by the Third Grade

Accelerating Citywide Efforts to Guarantee Literacy for all Third Graders

Supporting Empowered Graduates

Developing Essential Skills to Secure Post-Secondary Success

Creating Joyful Schools

Reimagining Schools to be Places of Joy, Inclusion, and Beauty

Growing a Diverse and Stable Staff

Attracting and Retaining Staff Reflective of Oakland’s Rich Diversity

EXPLORE OUR FOUR PILLARS

Ensuring Strong Readers by the Third Grade

Accelerating Citywide Efforts to Guarantee Literacy for all Third Graders

Ensuring Strong Readers by the Third Grade

Oakland’s vision is that its youngest students develop a joyful curiosity and a love of reading, writing and self-expression.

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Supporting Empowered Graduates

Developing Essential Skills to Secure Post-Secondary Success

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Supporting Empowered Graduates

Oakland’s vision of powerful graduates is one in which students are empowered with skills, knowledge, and opportunities, along with having a clear vision for themselves.

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Creating Joyful Schools

Reimagining Schools to be Places of Joy, Inclusion, and Beauty

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Creating Joyful Schools

In Oakland’s vision, students feel safe, welcomed, and liberated in their daily environments — at home, in school, and in the community — and are active participants in their academic and social emotional success.

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Growing a Diverse and Stable Staff

Attracting and Retaining Staff Reflective of Oakland’s Rich Diversity

Growing a Diverse and Stable Staff

Oakland’s vision is that our students’ diverse and rich backgrounds are reflected by Black, Brown, and multilingual educators.

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Grow With Us

Learning is growing, and every student deserves a safe, joyful environment that equips them to be lifelong learners and leaders.

OUSD offers music, language, hands-on learning and STEAM opportunities for preschoolers to seniors in high school. Our 77 K-12 schools are located in the country's second most racially diverse city and are spread across 78 square miles. We prepare students to be engaged civic leaders ready to pursue their college, career and post-K-12 educational dreams.

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OUSD in the News

Spring 2025 Graduation Season Concludes with Exciting Ceremonies Across District and New Celebratory Campaign for All Schools

The end of each school year is always an exciting time for OUSD students, families, and staff, as they celebrate big accomplishments and new beginnings. Students advance through grades, some move from elementary to middle school, or middle to high school, and many also reach the ultimate goal: high school graduation and stepping into adulthood.

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