Far West School
Public | 9-12 | 141 students |
Far West School, located in Oakland, California, is a public high school in the Oakland Unified School District. Based on its state test results, it has received a GreatSchools Rating of 3 out of 10.
The school community has reviewed this school and given it an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars.
School highlights:
| COMPARE | SCHOOL | GREATSCHOOLS RATING | COMMUNITY RATING |
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0.5 miles | |||
Oakland International High School 0.6 miles | |||
0.6 miles | |||
0.7 miles |
Recent Reviews
So far, so good for my son, this is his first year attending Far West. As I parent, my attraction to Far West was the actual small class sizes, and the teacher focus for the children. I hope I've made a wise choice of schools for my son. So far, so good, I will continue to monitor the overall performance of the school, as well as my child's academic achievements.
My daughter loves Far West. She has tried several different schools in the Bay Area, and they have not been good fits for her. She seems to be settling into Far West and likes the teachers...which for her is huge. It seems like there is no homework whatsoever, so I will be very curious to see her grades.
Far West is a great school, its a safe environment, and the teachers really care about our success in college and in life.
The school's disipline handling is inconsistent; this has been spoken of, but ignored. Student actions need to actually be reviewed, then the approrpriate disiplinary actions applied prior to simply mishandling situations/mis-disiplining. Communication could use improvement.
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