AIMS is a K-12 charter school, part of Oakland Unified School District, located in downtown Oakland, CA. At AIMS Elementary, 99% are minority students, 75% qualify for free or reduced lunch and 75% speak English as a second language.
AIMS mission is “to cultivate a community of diverse learners who achieve academic excellence. The school is committed to high expectations, attendance academic achievement and character development resulting in students being prepared for lifelong success.”
Why AIMS is our partner
The leadership at AIMS consistently demonstrates extraordinary commitment to academic success despite extraordinary odds. In Oakland, where only 2 in 10 African-American students can read at grade level, 55% of Black students at AIMS Elementary read at grade level—the the only school in Oakland to exceed California State averages.
The results show. By graduation from the AIMS High School:
- 97% students have excellent attendance
- 100% attend a 4-year college
- College acceptances include: Yale, Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, Columbia, Howard, USC and more.
As a partner, AIMS is working closely with us to research and develop the R.E.A.L tool so that it will work easily in classrooms to support literacy development for all students.
