Fremont High School (Oakland, California)

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Type Public secondary Grades 9-12 Campus Urban Number of students 795 Founded August 1905		Established 1905 Enrollment 795 Phone +1 510-434-5257 Mascot Tiger Color Green and gold

Website http://fremont.ousd.k12.ca.us/ Address 4610 Foothill Blvd, Oakland, CA 94601, USA District Oakland Unified School District

Fremont High School is an urban public high school located in the Fruitvale District of East Oakland, California, United States. It was formerly a group of smaller high schools located on the same campus and known as Fremont Federation of High Schools. The school's present configuration is that of the "wall to wall" career academies model, consisting of a 9th Grade House which feeds into one of three California Partnership Academies (CPA), specifically the Architecture Academy, Mandela Law & Public Service Academy, and Media Academy.

History

Part of the Oakland Unified School District, and located at 4610 Foothill Boulevard since 1905, the school was split into four smaller autonomous schools in 2003:

College Preparatory and Architecture Academy

Mandela High School

Media College Preparatory High School

Paul Robeson School, Visual and Performing Arts (closed after the 2009-2010 school year)

The three high schools remained and had their own administration until the spring of 2011. They functioned separately, though located on the same campus, and used the same library. They also had common sports teams under the Fremont High School banner.

After the spring of 2011, as part of an Oakland Unified School District decision to slowly reverse the small school system, the three remaining schools became less autonomous. The 2011-2012 school year reintroduced a central administration with three separate entities and budgets on campus: Mandela High, Media High, and CPAA. In 2012, the Fremont Federation of High Schools again became Fremont High School, with one single administration.

2011-2012 student profile

795 students:

Courses offered

Fremont High School offers several advanced placement (AP) courses, including:

AP Calculus AB

AP Biology

AP World History

AP United States History

AP United States Government

AP English/Lit

AP Language

AP Spanish

Fremont High also offers academy-based courses, including:

Woodworking A/B

Architecture Design/Drafting

Video Production

Media Studies

Journalism

Graphic Design

Model UN classes

Test scores

California's API scores are on a scale of 200-1000, with a statewide median around 750. In 2009, Fremont Federation's schools received the following scores:

Mandela High School: 528

Media College Prep. High School: 519

Robeson Visual and Performing Arts High School: 483

In 2010, Fremont Federation of High Schools received the following scores:

Mandela High School: 538

Media College Prep. High School: 619

College Preparatory and Architecture Academy: 604

CAHSEE test scores:

Passing ELA (English Language Arts):51%

Passing Math: 46%

==Notable alumni==

DarrylR.Adams- Educator and First African American elected to the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School Board 1993-present.