Bishop O Dowd High School in California - U.S. News Education

Bishop O Dowd High School

Private, Catholic9-12Oakland, CA

Bishop O Dowd High School is a private school located in Oakland, CA. The student population of Bishop O Dowd High School is 1,259. The school’s minority student enrollment is 50.8% and the student-teacher ratio is 13:1.

Tuition & Financial Aid

$21,300

Yearly Tuition*

Fees*

$1100

Financial Aid Available

Yes

Financial Aid

Website

* Tuition and fees may vary depending on grade, boarding status (if applicable), and may have changed for the current school year. U.S. News and World Report began collecting tuition data in June of 2021 via the school's website.

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Location & Contact

9500 Stearns Avenue, Oakland, CA 94605

(510) 577-9100

Academics

1230

Average SAT*

28

Average ACT*

AP® Courses Offered

Yes

About Us

Website

Departments and Programs

Website

Campus Activities

Website

* These are the average ACT and SAT test scores students who attend this school earn.

College Enrollment

Students who attended Bishop O Dowd High School enrolled in the following colleges and universities.

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  • California State University Maritime Academy
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  • California State Northridge
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  • California State San Bernardino
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  • Columbia University International Dual BA Programs
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  • Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
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  • Hampton University Harvard College
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  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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  • Saint Edward's University
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  • Swarthmore College
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  • Temple University
  • Texas A&M University
  • Texas Christian University
  • Texas Southern University
  • The American Musical and Dramatic Academy
  • The American University of Paris
  • The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
  • The College of Saint Rose
  • The College of Wooster
  • The Evergreen State College
  • The King's College
  • The New School - All Divisions
  • The Ohio State University
  • The University of Alabama
  • The University of Arizona
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  • The University of Montana
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  • Trinity College Dublin
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  • University of Miami
  • Tuskegee University
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  • United States Air Force Arbor
  • Academy University of Minnesota
  • United States Military Academy Twin Cities
  • The State University of Mississippi
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  • Alabama A&M University Allegheny College
  • American River College American University
  • Amherst College
  • Arizona State University-Tempe
  • ArtCenter College of Design
  • Athens Technical College
  • Austin College
  • Azusa Pacific University
  • Baldwin Wallace University
  • Barnard College
  • Barrett, The Honors College Baylor University
  • Belmont University
  • Bennett College
  • Bentley University
  • Bethune-Cookman University
  • Biola University
  • Boise State University
  • Boston College
  • Boston Conservatory at Berklee
  • Boston University
  • Brandeis University
  • Brigham Young University- Provo
  • Brown University
  • Bryn Mawr College
  • Bucknell University
  • Butler University
  • Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
  • California College of the Arts
  • California Institute of the Arts
  • California Lutheran University
  • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  • California State University Channel Islands
  • California State University Maritime Academy
  • California State University - Bakersfield
  • California State University - Chico
  • California State Fresno
  • California State Fullerton
  • California State Los Angeles
  • California State Monterey Bay
  • California State Northridge
  • California State Sacramento
  • California State San Bernardino
  • California State San Marcos
  • California State Stanislaus
  • California State Dominguez Hills
  • Columbia University International Dual BA Programs
  • Concordia University-Irvine Contra Costa College
  • Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
  • Cornell College
  • Cornell University
  • Creighton University
  • CUNY Hunter College
  • Denison University
  • DePaul University
  • DeSales University
  • Diablo Valley College
  • Dickinson College
  • Dillard University
  • Dominican University of California
  • Drew University
  • Drexel University
  • Duke Kunshan University
  • Duke University
  • Durham University
  • Earlham College
  • Eastern Washington University
  • Eckerd College
  • Elon University
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott
  • Emerson College
  • Emory University
  • Fairfield University
  • FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Los Angeles
  • Fisk University
  • Florida A&M University Florida State University Fordham University
  • Franklin and Marshall College Furman University
  • George Fox University
  • George Mason University George Washington University
  • Georgetown University
  • Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
  • Georgia State University
  • Georgia State University - Perimeter College
  • Gonzaga University
  • Goucher College
  • Grambling State University
  • Grand Canyon University - Traditional Campus
  • Guilford College
  • Hampshire College
  • Hampton University Harvard College
  • Harvey Mudd College
  • Hawaii Pacific University Hobart William Smith Colleges Hofstra University
  • Holy Names University Howard University
  • Hult International Business School - London
  • Hult International Business School - San Francisco
  • Humboldt State University
  • Indiana University-Bloomington
  • Ithaca College
  • James Madison University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Johnson & Wales University, Providence
  • Kalamazoo College
  • Kansas Wesleyan University Kean University
  • Kenyon College
  • King's College London
  • La Salle University
  • La Sierra University
  • Laney College
  • Las Positas College Lawrence University Lehigh University
  • Lewis & Clark College
  • LIU Post
  • Louisiana State University
  • Loyola Marymount University
  • Macalester College
  • Marist College
  • Marquette University
  • Maryland Institute College of Art
  • Marymount Manhattan College
  • Maryville University of Saint Louis
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • McDaniel College
  • McGill University
  • Menlo College
  • Merritt College
  • Miami University-Oxford
  • Michigan State University
  • Millikin University
  • Mills College
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Missouri Valley College
  • Molloy College
  • Montana State University
  • Morehouse College
  • Morgan State University
  • Mount Holyoke College
  • Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles
  • Muhlenberg College
  • Nazareth College
  • NCAA Eligibility Center
  • New York School of Interior Design
  • New York University
  • Newcastle University
  • Norfolk State University
  • North Park University
  • Northeastern University
  • Northern Arizona University
  • Northumbria University
  • California State University, East Bay
  • California State University, Long Beach
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Central Washington University
  • Chabot College
  • Champlain College
  • Chapman University
  • City College of San Francisco
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • Clark Atlanta University
  • Clark University
  • Clarkson University
  • Clemson University
  • Coconino Community College
  • Colgate University
  • College of Alameda
  • College of Charleston
  • Colorado Mesa University
  • Colorado School of Mines
  • Colorado State University- Fort Collins
  • Columbia College Chicago
  • Columbia University in the City of New York
  • Northwestern University Norwich University
  • Notre Dame de Namur University
  • Nova Southeastern University
  • Oakwood University
  • Oberlin College
  • Occidental College
  • Ohio University-Main Campus
  • Ohio University-Southern Campus
  • Ohio Wesleyan University
  • Oregon State University
  • Otterbein University
  • Pace University-New York Pacific Union College
  • Pacific University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Pepperdine University
  • Pitzer College
  • Point Loma Nazarene University
  • Point Park University
  • Pomona College
  • Portland State
  • University Pratt Institute
  • Princeton University
  • Purdue University-Main Campus
  • Reed College Regis University
  • Rensselaer
  • Polytechnic Institute
  • Rhode Island School of Design
  • Rhodes College
  • Rider University
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Rocky Mountain College Roosevelt University
  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  • Rutgers University-New Brunswick
  • SAE Expression College - Emeryville
  • Saint Edward's University
  • Saint Joseph's University
  • Saint Louis University
  • Saint Mary's College of California
  • Saint Michael's College
  • San Diego Mesa College
  • San Diego State University
  • San Francisco State University
  • San Jose State University
  • Santa Barbara City College
  • Santa Clara University
  • Santa Monica College
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • Savannah College of Art and Design
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • School of Visual Arts
  • Scripps College
  • Seattle Pacific University
  • Seattle University
  • Seton Hall University
  • Sierra Nevada College
  • Skidmore College
  • Smith College
  • Sonoma State University
  • Southampton Solent University
  • Southern Methodist University
  • Southern Oregon University
  • Spelman College
  • St Lawrence University
  • St. John's University
  • Stanford University
  • Stony Brook University
  • State University of New York
  • Suffolk University
  • SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
  • Swarthmore College
  • Syracuse University
  • Tabor College
  • Temple University
  • Texas A&M University
  • Texas Christian University
  • Texas Southern University
  • The American Musical and Dramatic Academy
  • The American University of Paris
  • The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
  • The College of Saint Rose
  • The College of Wooster
  • The Evergreen State College
  • The King's College
  • The New School - All Divisions
  • The Ohio State University
  • The University of Alabama
  • The University of Arizona
  • The University of Findlay
  • The University of Montana
  • University of Idaho
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • The University of Nottingham
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • Trinity College
  • University of Massachusetts
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • Dartmouth
  • Trinity University
  • University of Massachusetts
  • University of Louisiana
  • University of Miami
  • Tuskegee University
  • University of Michigan
  • United States Air Force Arbor
  • Academy University of Minnesota
  • United States Military Academy Twin Cities
  • The State University of Mississippi
  • University of New York
  • University of Missouri-Kansas
  • University College London
  • University of Alaska Anchorage
  • University of Montana
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of Nebraska
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Tulsa
  • University of Utah
  • University of Vermont
  • University of Victoria
  • University of Washington - Seattle
  • University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
  • University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • University of Wyoming
  • University of York
  • Ursinus College
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Villanova University
  • Virginia Military Institute
  • Virginia Tech
  • Wake Forest University
  • Walla Walla University
  • Washington State University
  • Wesleyan College
  • Wesleyan University
  • West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Western Michigan University
  • Western Oregon University
  • Western Washington University
  • Westmont College
  • Wheaton College - Massachusetts
  • Whitman College
  • Whittier College
  • Willamette University
  • William and Mary
  • William Woods University
  • Williams College
  • Woodbury University
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Xavier University
  • Xavier University of Louisiana
  • Yale University
  • University of California - Berkeley
  • University of California - Los Angeles
  • University of California - Riverside
  • University of California - Santa Barbara
  • University of California - Santa Cruz
  • University of California - MercedUniversity of Nevada - Las Vegas
  • University of Nevada - Reno
  • University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
  • University of New Mexico - Main Campus
  • University of North Georgia
  • University of Notre Dame
  • University of Oklahoma - Norman Campus
  • University of Oregon
  • University of Oregon
  • University of California - San Clark Honors College
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of California - San Francisco
  • University of Pittsburgh -Pittsburgh Campus
  • University of Chicago
  • University University of Cincinnati
  • University of Colorado-Boulder
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of St Andrews
  • University of Sussex
  • University of the Pacific

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Students & Teachers

1,259

Enrollment

13:1

Student/Teacher Ratio

314

Average Grade Size

1,259

Enrollment

13:1

Student/Teacher Ratio

314

Average Grade Size

Enrollment by Grade Level

9th

316

10th

331

11th

302

12th

310

9th

316

10th

331

11th

302

12th

310

Student Diversity

50.8%

Minority Enrollment

50.8%

Minority Enrollment

49.2%

White

21.4%

Black or African American

14.2%

Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander

12.4%

Hispanic/Latino

2.0%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

0.6%

American Indian or Alaska Native

0.2%

Two or more races

Faculty & Staff

96

Classroom Teachers

N/A

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

Sports & Athletics

  • Boys baseball
  • Boys basketball
  • Boys cross country
  • Boys football
  • Boys golf
  • Boys lacrosse
  • Boys rugby
  • Boys soccer
  • Boys swimming
  • Boys tennis
  • Boys track and field
  • Boys volleyball
  • Boys water polo
  • Girls baseball
  • Girls basketball
  • Girls cross country
  • Girls golf
  • Girls lacrosse
  • Girls rugby
  • Girls soccer
  • Girls swimming
  • Girls tennis
  • Girls track and field
  • Girls volleyball
  • Girls water polo
  • Girls cheerleading

  • Boys baseball
  • Boys basketball
  • Boys cross country
  • Boys football
  • Boys golf
  • Boys lacrosse
  • Boys rugby
  • Boys soccer
  • Boys swimming
  • Boys tennis
  • Boys track and field
  • Boys volleyball
  • Boys water polo
  • Girls baseball
  • Girls basketball
  • Girls cross country
  • Girls golf
  • Girls lacrosse
  • Girls rugby
  • Girls soccer
  • Girls swimming
  • Girls tennis
  • Girls track and field
  • Girls volleyball
  • Girls water polo
  • Girls cheerleading

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