Fremont Federation of High Schools
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The Fremont Federation of High Schools is a group of three high schools, located on the same campus in Oakland, California
, formerly known as Fremont Senior High School.
A fourth high school, Paul Robeson High School, was closed after the 2009-2010 school year.
Part of the Oakland Unified School District
, the school was split into four smaller autonomous schools in 2003. The four schools were:
The three high schools still remain and had their own administration up to Spring 2011.
They functioned separately, though located on the same campus and used the same library, and well as having common sports teams under the Fremont High School banner.
After Spring 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 reintroduces a central administration with three separate entities and budgets on campus: Mandela High, Media High, and CPAA.
By Spring 2012, the Fremont Federation of High Schools will transition again to Fremont High School, with one single administration and the three high schools will no longer exist.
In 2010, Fremont Federation of High Schools received the following scores:
Oakland, California
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, formerly known as Fremont Senior High School.
A fourth high school, Paul Robeson High School, was closed after the 2009-2010 school year.
Part of the Oakland Unified School District
Oakland Unified School District
Oakland Unified School District is a public education school district which operates elementary schools , middle schools , and high schools in Oakland, California.-History:...
, the school was split into four smaller autonomous schools in 2003. The four schools were:
- College Preparatory and Architecture Academy (4610 Foothill Blvd, Oakland)
- Mandela High School - (4610 Foothill Blvd, Oakland)
- Media College Preparatory High School - (4610 Foothill Blvd, Oakland)
- Paul RobesonPaul RobesonPaul Leroy Robeson was an American concert singer , recording artist, actor, athlete, scholar who was an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement in the first half of the twentieth century...
School, Visual and Performing Arts - (4610 Foothill Blvd., Oakland)
The three high schools still remain and had their own administration up to Spring 2011.
They functioned separately, though located on the same campus and used the same library, and well as having common sports teams under the Fremont High School banner.
After Spring 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 reintroduces a central administration with three separate entities and budgets on campus: Mandela High, Media High, and CPAA.
By Spring 2012, the Fremont Federation of High Schools will transition again to Fremont High School, with one single administration and the three high schools will no longer exist.
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