Where are Oakland's charter schools located?

(Updated 9/1/12)

For the 2012-2013 school year, Oakland will have 40 active charter schools.

1. Eleven of those charter schools are at sites where an OUSD school has been closed or forced out.

• 100 Black Men of the Bay Area Community School at 3400 Malcolm Ave. is at the original site of Thurgood Marshall Elementary School (closed June 2012).
• World Academy (K-3) & Achieve Academy (4-5) at 1700 28th Ave. are at the original site of Hawthorne Elementary School (closed June 2005).
• The ASCEND charter school at 3709 East 12th St. is remaining at the original site of ASCEND Elementary School (closed June 2012). This is a new OUSD "partnership charter school" conversion.
• Berkley Maynard Academy at 6200 San Pablo Ave. is at the original site of Golden Gate Elementary School (closed June 2005).
• Urban Montessori Charter School at 5328 Brann St. is at the original site of Sherman Elementary School (closed August 2007). Note: OUSD’s Melrose Leadership Academy had occupied the Sherman site until Summer 2012 but its new campus is on the site of Maxwell Park Elementary School (closed June 2012).
• Oakland Military Institute at 3877 Lusk St. is at the original site of Longfellow Elementary School (closed June 2004).
• Bay Area Technology School at 8251 Fontaine St. is at the original site of King Estates Middle School (closed June 2005). Note: this is a new location. "BayTech" and a small OUSD school had been sharing the original site of Verdese Carter Middle School (closed June 2006).
• Learning Without Limits charter school at 2035 40th Ave. is remaining at the original site of Learning Without Limits (closed June 2012), a site that was originally Jefferson Elementary School (closed June 2009). This is a new OUSD "partnership charter school" conversion.
• Lazear Charter Academy at 824 29th Ave. (a county-approved charter school conversion) is remaining at its site of Lazear Elementary School (closed June 2012).
• Community School for Creative Education @ 2111 International Boulevard (the former site of Life Academy which was forced to move to another campus in 2008, purportedly because of earthquake concerns).

2. Four of those charter schools have been collocated with an OUSD school.

• LPS College Park (Grade 10-12, phasing out) & LPS Oakland R & D (Grade 9, new) at 8601 MacArthur Blvd., Bldg. 100 are collocating with Castlemont High School (in its former science wing).
• Cox Academy at 9860 Sunnyside St. is collocating with Reach Academy on the site originally occupied by E. Morris Cox Elementary School (closed June 2005).
• KIPP Bridge Charter School @ 991 14th St. is collocating with West Oakland Middle School at the original site of Lowell Middle School (closed June 2006).

3. Four of the charter schools rent property from companies owned by Ben Chavis, former director of the American Indian Public School (this was presented in the FCMAT audit released in June 2012 (2.54 MB pdf).

• American Indian Public Charter School at 3637 Magee Ave. pays $20,684/month to American Delivery Systems (owned by Ben Chavis).
• American Indian Public Charter School II at 171 12th St. pays $21,000/month to Lumbee Holdings (owned by Ben Chavis).
• American Indian Public High School at 3637 Magee Ave. (using adjacent property at 3626-28 35th Ave.) pays $20,280/month to American Delivery Systems (owned by Ben Chavis)
• Oakland Unity High School at 6038 Brann St. sublets its site for $12,500/month from American Delivery Systems which leases it for an unknown amount from Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, the owner.

4. Five charter schools are at sites where a religious school has been closed.

• College Academy at 8030 Atherton St. is at the original site of St. Benedict School (closed ?)
• Millsmont Academy at 3200 62nd Ave. is at the original site of St. Cyril's School (closed June 2004)
• Monarch Academy at 1445 101st Ave. is at the original site of St. Louis Bertrand School (closed June 1999)
• Conservatory of Vocal/Instrumental Arts (“COVA”) at 3800 Mountain Blvd. is at the site previously occupied by Golden Gate Academy (Seventh-day Adventist).  
• E.C. Reems Academy of Technology and Arts at 8425 MacArthur Blvd. is part of the E.C. Reems complex (church, apartments, services); site of the former Hope Academy.

5. Two charter schools are in historical buildings in downtown Oakland

• Envision Academy of Arts & Technology at 1515 Webster St. is in the former Oakland YWCA Building (on National Register of Historic Places). This school was originally called Urban Renaissance School of Arts & Technology; it was located at 967 Stanford Ave.
• Oakland School for the Arts at 530 18th St. (Fox Oakland Theatre)

6. Two charter schools are in brand new buildings

• Golden State College Preparatory Academy at 1009 66th Ave. is on a site previously used for manufacturing and warehousing.
• Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy at 400 105th Ave.; previous use of property is unknown.

7. The rest of the charter schools (12) occupy an assortment of properties.

• ARISE High School at 3301 East 12th St. is in a public building (Ste. 205 of the César E. Chávez Branch Library building).
• Civicorps Academy (Grade 12+) at 101 Myrtle St. (previous use unknown)
• East Oakland Leadership Academy at 2614 Seminary Ave. (storefront)
• East Oakland Leadership Academy High at 2607 Seminary Ave. (storefront)
• ERES Academy at 1936 Courtland Ave. (took over site of failed charter school (Delores Huerta Learning Academy, closed June 2009)
• Lighthouse Community Charter High School and Lighthouse Community Charter School at 444 Hegenberger Rd. occupy a converted R&D building.
• North Oakland Community Charter School at 1000 42nd St. (unknown previous use; shares site with Destiny Arts Center?)
• Oakland Charter Academy at 3001 International Ave. (unknown previous use)
• Oakland Charter High School at 345 12th St. (in building previously occupied by Lighthouse Community Charter School)
• Vincent Academy at 1911 Union St. (in building previously occupied by Architectural Glass & Aluminum Co, Inc.)
• Yu Ming Charter School at 321 10th St. (in building occupied by Shoong Family Chinese Cultural Center, "the premier Chinese school in Oakland," since 1953).

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These are the opening years of those 40 schools:

Year/number of schools

1993-1

1996-1

1999-1

2000-2

2002-3

2003-2

2004-2

2005-6

2006-3

2007-6

2008-2

2009-1

2011-5

2012-5