Greenwood Academy

As a micro-enrollment secondary school in Richmond, California, Greenwood Academy teaches 200 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by West Contra Costa Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Greenwood Academy sits 76% leaner than that benchmark.

West Contra Costa Unified comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 25,133 students; Greenwood Academy is among them.

Looking at the student body, Greenwood Academy logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Black, 5% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Greenwood Academy records 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Contra Costa County put median household income runs about $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Greenwood Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Leadership Public Schools: Richmond, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 44%: 358 students in 2018 compared to 200 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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