The East Bay Innovation Academy, or EBIA for short, is a public charter

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and a

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Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

within the

Oakland Unified School District Oakland Unified School District is a public education school district that operates a total of 80 elementary schools (TK–5), middle schools (6–8), and high schools (9–12). There are also 28 district-authorized charter schools in Oaklan ...

. The school was founded on October 24, 2013, and opened on August 10, 2014, by Rochelle Benning and Laurie Jones. It is notable for merging progressive ideals like

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with schooling.

Demographics

East Bay Innovation Academy has around 630 students. 36% of students are

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, 24.8% of students are

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, 20% of these students are

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, 11.7% of students are two or more races, 4.6% of students are Asian.

References

2014 establishments in California Oakland Unified School District Educational institutions established in 2014 Charter middle schools in California {{California-school-stub