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Since 1999, our purpose has always been to prepare our 15,600+ TK–12 scholars for success in college, career, and life. Our greater Aspire community of scholars, teachers, leaders, staff, and families is focused on ensuring every child’s aspirations are within reach.

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Our Vision

Aspire scholars are prepared and empowered to build a fulfilling and liberated future for themselves and their communities.

Our Mission

Provide a rigorous, joyful academic experience that cultivates our scholars’ skills, talents, and gifts, such that they may pursue and persist in college or any post-secondary pathway that is authentic to their identities;

Promote inclusivity and disrupt systems that have historically oppressed marginalized communities, including Black, Latino/a/x, Indigenous, and People of Color; and

Nurture our scholars’ pride in their abilities, identities, and communities.

Our Locations

Richmond , Oakland , East Palo Alto

Central Valley Stockton , Sacramento , Modesto

Los Angeles Huntington Park , Los Angeles , South Gate

Aspire By The Numbers

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Students Enrolled

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Student Retention Rate

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Graduation Rate

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Introducing Aspire's updated motto: Empowering Minds. Transforming Futures.

Aspire's Latest News

Aspire Public Schools Receives $3.9 Million Grant to Grow and Develop Diverse Leaders in Education

July 29, 2024

Meet our 2024 Don Shalvey: Changing the Odds Award Winners!

July 10, 2024

LA School Report | Counselor’s view: Why schools must diversify their post-secondary options and realize that one path does not fit all students

July 8, 2024

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Equity

We live in a society that provides some groups more or fewer opportunities based solely on factors they do not control. Read Aspire’s beliefs.

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Quality

Student achievement is a critical measure of success for our schools. Learn more about Aspire students' academic progress.

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Innovation

Alder GSE for teacher training and certification. Schoolzilla for data analytics and insights. See how innovation is in our DNA.

Aspire Social Networks

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Aspire Public Schools is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education. Aspire Public Schools does not allow discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sex-based harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, nationality/national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification/ethnicity, age, religion, marital status/ pregnancy/ parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, medical information or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

Aspire has designated the following individuals as its Title IX Coordinators / Non-Discrimination Compliance Officers:

Bay Area – Regional Director of Student Services, 1001 22nd Ave, Oakland, CA 94606, 510-434-5000, BA_TitleIX@aspirepublicschools.org

Central Valley – Regional Director of Student Services, 4202 Coronado Ave, Stockton, CA 95204, 209-647-3047, CV_TitleIX@aspirepublicschools.org

Los Angeles – Superintendent of Culturally Responsive Leadership Development, 5901 E. Slauson Avenue, Commerce, CA 90040, 323-837-9920, LA_TitleIX@aspirepublicschools.org

Home Office and Oversight Responsibility for all Aspire Title IX Coordinators – Director of Employee Relations, 1001 22nd Ave., #100, Oakland, CA 94606, 510-434-5000, HO_TitleIX@aspirepublicschools.org

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