Richmond Charter Academy

As a small 6-8 campus in Richmond, California, Richmond Charter Academy serves 296 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Richmond Charter Academy District. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 55% smaller than typical.

Richmond Charter Academy sits inside Richmond Charter Academy District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Richmond Charter Academy lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Beyond that, the school logs 4% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Richmond Charter Academy shows 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 36.7:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 82% of students at Richmond Charter Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Contra Costa County put median household earnings sit near $127,229, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Richmond Charter Academy is one.

Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Richmond Charter Academy.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. As a public charter, Richmond Charter Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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