Oakland Charter High School’s goal is to provide a sound academic program that will foster essential skills and a strong work ethic to all students. We expect that the skills, ethic, and knowledge gained at OCHS will be carried over to life after high school. Considering the unemployment rate for people who lack a degree or job training, and the correlation between dropout and incarceration rates for minority and low-income groups, it is clear that the stakes are high!

OCHS students are college bound. We provide a college preparatory curricular model and atmosphere for ALL students. We believe that college is the surest path out of poverty and violence for inner-city youth, and therefore our goal is to prepare students for the rigors of college as well as any high school program that they seek after graduation. Our goal is to be college ready, first!