Our corps members
Placement regions
Corps and Alumni
Bay Area
Schools
Teach For America • Bay Area, with its seven partner districts and several charter partners, is responsible for the education of more than 200,000 students in 419 schools. Each district and charter faces deep disparities in student achievement which drives the work corps members engage in. On average, 35 percent of the students in the districts we serve are learning English as a Second Language, and 64 percent come from families that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
One of the most exciting things about the Bay Area is not only its incredible diversity, but also the opportunities it provides to innovate and push the boundaries of what is possible in education. In the South Bay, San Jose Unified recently partnered with Chevron and Bank of America to establish the largest solar power and energy-efficient facilities program in K-12 education in the United States. This year, San Francisco Unified will pioneer the nation’s first family diversity curriculum to build awareness among its students on issues related to LGBT families and households.
View a map of our placement areas.
At a Glance
| School Districts: |
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| East Bay (Oakland, Richmond) |
| Oakland Unified School District |
| West Contra Costa Unified School District |
| South Bay (San Jose, Gilroy, East Palo Alto) |
| Alum Rock Union School District |
| San Jose Unified School District |
| Ravenswood City School District |
| San Francisco |
| San Francisco Unified School District |
| Ethnic Breakdown-Student Population | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Unified | West Contra Costa Unified | Alum Rock Union | San Jose Unified | Vallejo City |
Ravenswood City | San Francisco Unified | |
| African-American | 36% | 23% | 2% | 4% | 32% | 13% | 13% |
| Asian-American | 14% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 3% | 1% | 42% |
| Caucasian | 6% | 11% | 3% | 28% | 11% | <1% | 10% |
| Filipino | <1% | 5% | 7% | 2% | 19% | <1% | 6% |
| Latino and Hispanic | 37% | 45% | 77% | 51% | 28% | 78% | 23% |
| Native American | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | <1% | -- | <1% |
| Pacific Islander | 1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 1% |
| Other | 5% | 4% | <1% | 2% | 4% | <1% | 5% |
| Percent of Students that Qualify as Socio-economically Disadvantaged |
|---|
| South Bay |
| Ravenswood 79% |
| Alum Rock 90% |
| Gilroy 52% |
| San Jose Unified 44% |
| East Bay |
| Oakland 69% |
| West Contra Costa Unified 62% |
| San Francisco |
| San Francisco Unified 54% |
| Placements |
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| 5% pre-kindergarten |
| 36% elementary |
| 59% secondary |
| 16% special education |
| 91% teach at a school with another corps member or alumnus |
K-12 grade level placements:
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