Encinal High School is a co-educational public high school serving grades 6-12. It is located in Alameda, California, United States, and is part of the Alameda Unified School District. Threatened closure The school was one of several in the Alameda district that was said to face closure depending on the success or failure of Measure E, a $150-per-parcel property tax increase voted on by mail-in ballot. Measure E was defeated when it failed to garner the required two-thirds majority; however, the school did reopen in fall 2010. Demographics The student body is 23% African-American, 20% White non-Hispanic, 39% Asian, 15% Hispanic or Latino, 1% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 1% Pacific Islander, and 1% multiple ethnicity or no response, according to the California Department of Education, for the 2005-2006 school year. College and work preparation SAT 56% of students take the SAT. Average SAT scores are 400 verbal and 420 math. Continuing education 86% of graduates will attend two- or four-year colleges. 21% of graduates will attend University of California. 25% of graduates will attend California State University. Courses offered Encinal offers seventeen Advanced Placement courses: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP World History, AP Art History AP French Language, AP United States Government and Politics, AP US History, AP Spanish Language, AP Statistics, AP Art and Design Program (Photography), AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science A, AP Calculus AB, and AP Calculus BC. The school also offers three special school-to-career programs in radio communications and broadcasting, finance and marketing, and Biotechnology (in association with Alameda High School & Laney College) Other Encinal High School has an Academic Performance Index of 7/10. However, when compared to socioeconomically similar schools, its API is a 9/10. Encinal is the only high school in the city of Alameda to have open-enrollment AP classes. Encinal High School shared its campus with the Alameda Community Learning Center but since the 2013–2014 school year it has shared the space with the Junior Jets (a 6-8 middle school) Encinal High School has an armory below its gym, where JROTC used to be taught. Student budget protests April 1, 2010 budget teach-in On April 1, 2010, about 200 students attending Encinal High School staged a "teach-in" protest in light of possible further budget cuts from the AUSD and closure of the school. Teachers and students