Bancroft Middle School (San Leandro, California)
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San Leandro Unified School District is a publicly funded
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in
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,
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,
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on the eastern shore of
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, between
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to the northwest and Hayward to the southeast. The district has 12 schools and 447 teachers, with a total enrollment of 8,729 students in
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through
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.


Staff

In 2008–09, the district employed 447 classroom teachers, filling the
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of 426.4 full-time positions. Teaching staff were assigned primarily as follows: 182 in
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s, 193 in subject area classrooms, nine in
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classrooms, and 35 in
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classrooms. Certified staff also included 43 administrators and 46 staff in pupil services. Full
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s were held by 95.1% of teaching staff. University and District interns constituted 4.9% of the staff, with no teachers holding emergency credentials. Annual salaries ranged from the lowest offered of $49,363 to $91,058. The average teacher salary was $70,877. Teachers had an average of 13 years experience. Teachers were 64.4% White, 8.3% Asian, 9.8% Hispanic, 7.2% African American, 2.9% Filipino, with remaining individuals having provided multiple or no responses or belonging to groups with less than 2% representation.


Notable staff

Former California Treasurer and Attorney General
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served on the district's board of directors at the beginning of his political career. Two mayors of San Leandro,
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and Pauline Cutter, also began their political careers on the school board.


Students


Demographics

In the school year of 2008–09, students were 39.7% Hispanic, 16.4% African American, 15.6% Asian, 13.1% White, 8.7% Filipino, with remaining individuals having provided multiple or no responses or belonging to groups with less than 2% representation. More than half of enrolled students qualified for free or reduced price meals (53.2%). Compensatory education classes were provided to 17.2% of students and 27.1% were classified as English learners. 183 students were enrolled in
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, including 216 in
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, 71 in alternative schools and programs of choice, and 21 in opportunity programs. The majority of English learners spoke Spanish (1,587). Other languages spoken included Cantonese (216), Filipino (183), Vietnamese (158), and Arabic (51).


Academic performance

In 2005–06, 504 students graduated from district schools, of whom 208 met the course requirements for entrance to the
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or
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systems. The dropout rate was 1.7%, based on 45 students dropping out of grades 9–12. The 4-year derived dropout rate was 7.2%, compared to a countywide average of 12.8% and a statewide average of 14.1%. In 2006–07 assessments tests, 37% of students were rated proficient and above in language arts, compared to 48% countywide and 43% statewide. In math, 35% rated proficient and above, compared to 44% countywide and 40% statewide. The average
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(API) score was 709. In 2018, the California State Department of Education selected James Madison Elementary as one of 21 elementary schools across Alameda County, and the only school in San Leandro, as a 2018 California Distinguished School. Advanced Placement Program In 2018, the College Board Advanced Placement named the San Leandro Unified School District a District of the Year for being the national leader among medium-sized school districts in expanding access to Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses while simultaneously improving AP Exam performance. The San Leandro Unified School District was one of 447 school districts across the U.S. and Canada that achieved placement on the annual AP District Honor Roll. From this list, three AP Districts of the Year were selected based on an analysis of three academic years of AP data. SLUSD was chosen for the 'medium' district population size, which is defined as having between 8,000 and 49,999 students. SLUSD was the only district in the state and only three in the nation who were honored with this recognition.


Fiscal

Budgeted revenues for FY 2006-07 were $68,228,376. The revenue per student was $7,972, compared to the statewide average of $8,923 for all unified districts. The district has put four bond and
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propositions in the ballot since the mid-1980s. The November 1994 bond proposal failed, with a 62.1% favorable vote (two-thirds required to pass). The March 1997 bond passed, with 69.2% of the vote, providing $53,850,000 for renovation and new construction. The April 2006 parcel tax of $0.012 per square foot failed, with 60.8% of the vote. The November 2006 General Obligation bond for $109,000,000 to renovate and modernize schools, and reduce overcrowding, passed, with a 68.66% favorable vote.


Schools

The district operates eight
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s, two
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s, one
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, and one
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. The district has no operating
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s. Note: school enrollment data is for 2005–06.National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data
accessed April 15, 2008


Notes


External links


San Leandro Unified School District websiteCalifornia Department of Education, Dataquest, San Leandro Unified - Reports
{{Authority control San Leandro, California School districts in Alameda County, California