Oakland Unified School District
High School
Enrollment Options Guide 2015-16
MetWest High School
314 E 10th Street, 94606
451-5902
www.ousd.k12.ca.us/metwest
Site Code 338 | Options Code 28
9-12
At MetWest, you won’t find certain things you might expect
in a high school, like lockers, seven-period bell schedules,
or people in the hallway you don’t know. Instead you will
have the chance to be recognized for who you really are,
and to be part of creating a strong, real, respectful school
community. MetWest is a small school for students willing
to work hard for their own well-being and the well-being of
their communities, and to take initiative to help design their
education. This doesn’t mean you need straight A’s from
middle school. Many students come to MetWest and go from
F’s to A’s. It means you need to be ready to explore a bigger
world and go beyond what you are used to. We ask you to
take your interests, your schoolwork, and your future more
seriously, and to learn to connect with all different kinds of
people. MetWest students spend most of their Tuesdays and
Thursdays at organizations and businesses throughout the
Bay Area exploring their interests through internships. At
school students learn in small classes with teacher/advisors
who know them well and peers who become like family. The
curriculum focuses on learning why the world is the way
it is and how you can change it. Students start to change
the world while at MetWest by taking leadership at the
school and designing real-world projects in the community
and at internships. Most of our students also take a Laney
Community College class while in high school and MetWest
graduates have extremely high college going rates. Our 20062010 grads enrolled in four-year colleges at rates twice the
national average among schools serving our population and
70 percent of our graduates were in college two years after
high school, beating the average for all schools in country!
Learn more at www.metwest.org. All students are part of the
Social Entrepreneurship Pathway.
www.ousd.k12.ca.us
School Uniform Description
No uniforms.
School Hours
8:30am to 3:00pm
Special Education Services
Resource Specialist.Contact School for more
info.
Multilingual Programs/
English Learner Programs
Structured English Immersion
Public Transportation
Options
AC transit lines 62, 11, 1, 40, 18, and 14 serve
our school. We are also within walking distance
of the Lake Merritt BART Station.
1st Choice 42%
EL % 21%
2010 Base API 571
African American % 28%
2011 Base API 543
Asian % 4%
2012 Base API 576
Latino % 58%
2013 Growth API 664
API Change ’10-’11 -25
API Change ’11-’12 32
API Change ’12-’13 88
Weighted 3-Year API Average 592
White % 6%
Pacific Islander % 0%
Native American % 0%
Filipino % 1%
Multiple % 1%
Total Enrollment 141
200
800 1000
(800 = State Level Proficiency)
101