Bishop O’Dowd High School

9500 Stearns Ave, Oakland, CA 94605
Phone: 510-577-9100
Fax: 510-638-3259
Website: www.bishopodowd.org
Head of School
Stephen Phelps, Ed.D
Director of Admission
Tyler Kreitz
Established: 1951
Grades: 9-12
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Enrollment
  • 1160
    Total student enrollment Grades 9-12
  • 570
    Boys
  • 590
    Girls
  • 57
    Percent students of color
  • 15:1
    Student: teacher ratio
  • 25
    Average class size
  • 79
    Faculty
  • 77
    Percent faculty with advanced degrees
Admissions Process
  • December
    Application deadline (month)
  • $90
    Application fee
  • 650
    Number of 9th Grade applications
  • 290
    Average range of openings 9th Grade
  • 10-15
    Average range of openings 10th Grade
  • 10-15
    Average range of openings 11th Grade
Costs
  • $14,700
    Tuition (2013-2014)
  • $1100
    Other costs
  • February
    Financial aid deadline
  • $6000
    Average grant
  • 27
    Percent students on financial aid
Academics
  • 12
    HL courses offered
  • 15
    Advanced placement cources offered
  • 1706
    Cumulative SAT score
  • 566
    Mean SAT score Verbal Reasoning
  • 565
    Mean SAT score Math
  • 575
    Mean score Writing
  • 96
    Percent students attending four year colleges/universities
  • 4
    Percent students attending two year colleges
Top five names of Colleges/ Universities attended by
7 or more students (2009-2013):
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    University of California, Davis
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    University of California, Berkeley
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    University of California, Los Angeles
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    University of Oregon
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    University of California, San Diego
Sports
  • 15
    Number of Varsity sports offered
  • 15
    Number of Junior Varsity sports
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At Bishop O’Dowd High School students discover their passions and their purpose. There are many ways to define the complete education experience at O’Dowd, but what is most distinctive is the emphasis on providing each student with every opportunity to explore and to deepen personal, academic, co-curricular and spiritual interests. It is commonplace to hear students talk about “finding their passion” as an O’Dowd student. It is this passion that later inspires them in their choices for college and beyond.

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