Community Schools

A good education lays the foundation for success and financial stability later in life, improving our communities. But too many young people never get a fair shot. Many students in our toughest neighborhoods go to school hungry, sick, or not prepared, resulting in poor academic progress.

United Way invests in Community School Partnerships, bringing services such as health care, food pantries, after-school programs, and parent-education classes directly to schools. This has a positive impact on academic achievement, attendance rates, and parental participation. When kids do better in school, they can get better jobs, are less likely to use taxpayer-funded services, and spend more money in our communities.

Throughout the Bay Area schools, cbo’s and other non-profits are also working to expand the community school model. To highlight the great work being done this map shows the location of current community schools in the Bay Area as well as their proximity to SparkPoint Centers. Click the green schoolhouses to learn more about each school.


View Community Schools in the Bay Area in a larger map

Alameda Community Schools

Alliance Academy

Anna Yates Elementary School

Business Information & Technology High School

Coliseum College Prep Academy (Middle School)

College Prep & Architecture Academy (Fremont Federation of High Schools)

Dewey High School

East Oakland School of the Arts (High School)

Elmhurst Middle School

Emery Secondary School

Frick Middle School

James Madison Middle School

La Escuelita Elementary School

Leadership Preparatory High School

Life Academy

Mandela High School (Fremont Federation of High Schools)

McClymonds High School

Media College Preparatory High School (Fremont Federation of High Schools)

MetWest High School

Oakland High School

Oakland Technical High School

Roosevelt Middle School

Roots International Academy (Middle School)

Rosa Parks Elementary

Skyline High School

United For Success (Middle School)

Urban Promise Academy (Middle School)

West Oakland Middle School

Contra Costa Community Schools

El Cerrito High School

Walter T. Helms Middle Community School

Marin Community Schools

Bahia Vista Elementary School

Napa Community Schools

Calistoga Junior and Senior High School

San Francisco Community Schools

A.P. Giannini Middle School

Bryant Elementary

Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8

Cesar Chavez Elementary

Daniel Webster Elementary

Edgewood Community School

Everett Middle School

Francisco Middle School

George W. Carver Elementary

George Washington High School

Hillcrest Elementary School

James Denman Middle School & Leadership H.S.

John Muir Elementary

John O’Connell High School

Malcolm X Academy (K-5)

Mission High School

Paul Revere K - 8 School

Phillip & Sala Burton Academic High School

Tenderloin Community School

Visitacion Valley Middle School

San Mateo Community Schools

Belle Haven Community School

Fair Oaks (K-5)

Garfield Charter School (K-8)

Hawes Elementary

Hoover (K-8)

John F. Kennedy Middle School

Taft (K-5)

Solano Community Schools

Jesse Bethel High School

For more information about our Community Schools program, please call 415-808-4300.