Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez

Families in Richmond, California, are served by Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez, a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 490 students.

Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez is a school in Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez District.

Hispanic students are 89% of those enrolled at Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. In Contra Costa County overall, about 28% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.

With 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 37.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Roughly 83% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Contra Costa County average 45%.

The school is in Contra Costa County, where the median household earns about $127,229 a year, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Contra Costa County, 280 public schools serve about 167,423 students.

Richmond Charter Academy is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large). Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.

Enrollment was 490 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 474. The ratio of students to teachers went from 26.3:1 to 37.7:1 over the same years.

This page is set up for the Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.