Enrollment about 720. Local firms are putting up scholarships for the kids and have set up tutoring and mentoring programs. Overall crime rate way above what's found in almost any city in the Bay area. Zero homicides in 1996, one in 1995, tow the year before. Many stores and booming daytime population mean many thefts and this pushes up the rate.
Some crime spills over from Oakland on the east side.
Communte - About the best car commute in the East Bay, Interstate 80 straight to the Bay Bridge. The city runs free shuttle buses to BART stations all around town. AC Transit buses . Many local jobs. Emeryville is almost directly opposite the Golden Gate.