El Cerrito High

El Cerrito High operates as a big high school in El Cerrito, California, one of the schools within West Contra Costa Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,460 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so El Cerrito High sits 74% bigger than that benchmark.

Within West Contra Costa Unified, which oversees 52 schools and 25,133 students, El Cerrito High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, El Cerrito High reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 28% White, 16% Asian, 14% Black, 9% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, El Cerrito High has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.0:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, El Cerrito High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 56.3%; this one comes in at 41.5%, -14.8 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Contra Costa County shows median household earnings sit near $127,229, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. El Cerrito High is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students).

Nearest neighbor: Harding Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around El Cerrito High. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), El Cerrito High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 62.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. El Cerrito High's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 1,482 (now 1,460). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 20% to 14% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for El Cerrito High typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.