About Joaquin Miller

Photo of school front

5525 Ascot Drive Oakland, CA

Joaquin Miller School is a K-5 elementary school nestled among evergreens in the Montclair district in the foothills of Oakland. It is one of 90 public schools in the Oakland Unified School District. In 1989 Joaquin Miller was recognized as a California Distinguished School. We have a student body of 350 students. We have a very active PTA that supports all aspects of our school.

Find Joaquin Miller on a map

Student performance

Meet the staff

Bell schedule

Handbook for Parental Involvement (pdf)
Your owner's manual for Joaquin Miller School, including information on getting involved. Includes staff and PTA directories, schedules and information about volunteering and fundraising.

After-school enrichment program
Schedule, flyers and registration forms for the PTA-organized after-school classes.

New and prospective parents handbook (pdf)
Information specifically geared toward prospective or new Joaquin Miller families. A must-read.

Who was Joaquin Miller?
A little background on the school's namesake.

School boundaries map (pdf)
Do you live within the Joaquin Miller attendance area?

A Google Map of the school's location

Library web page
Access the library catalog from any computer. Also, get access to helpful online databases.

Adventure Time
Offers before- and after-school care. The office is located in the trailer behind the school, next to the multipurpose room. Tuition amounts and registration information is available in the AT office.

School lunch menu
This is a link to the school district's lunch menu.
(Note: The menus on that site are not current yet. So here's a link to a pdf of the Sept. lunch menu.)

Photo book of the school garden (pdf)
A photo book documenting the creation of the teaching garden in front of the school. (Note: This is a relativey large file, about 3 mb.)

Discipline policy

Joaquin Miller Elementary School • 5525 Ascot Drive • Oakland, California •94611
(510) 531-6688 • Principal Paulette Smith