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Enrollment
1,280
High
DISTRICT 879 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED·NCES 063255005055
Richmond High
1250 23rd St., Richmond, CA 94804 · (510) 231-1450 · Contra Costa County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,280 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of California public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
1,239 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 294 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 317 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 332 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 337 | 26% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.6pp since 2014
Math
8.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.3% | 26.3% | 27.3% | 33.1% |
| Math | 0.7% | 7.9% | 19.5% | 72.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.6% | 8.6% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 6.7% |
| 2022-23 | 43.9% | 5.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.8% | 4.9% |
| 2018-19 | 39.9% | 15.9% |
| 2017-18 | 34.4% | 10.5% |
| 2016-17 | 29.8% | 8.8% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 8.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Richmond High
Richmond High's state test result (20.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond High this school | 1,280 | 96.8% | 20.5% |
| San Bernardino High San Bernardino | 1,440 | 96.3% | 22.8% |
| Robert Fulton College Preparatory Van Nuys | 1,229 | 95.7% | 20.0% |
| Edward R. Roybal Learning Center Los Angeles | 1,130 | 93.9% | 33.0% |
| Pomona High Pomona | 993 | 93.7% | 25.3% |
| West Adams Preparatory High Los Angeles | 942 | 97.7% | 22.0% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Richmond High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #992 of 1,052 | #26 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.6% | #998 of 1,056 no change | #27 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #904 of 1,056 ▲ 99 | #23 of 28 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #339 of 1,044 | #4 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,280 | #646 of 2,093 | #18 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #920 of 1,352 | #25 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #1,105 of 1,351 | #40 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #56 of 1,575 | #1 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #282 of 802 | #9 of 27 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,280
-231 (-15%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 1,204
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 22.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,280 | 57.2 | 22.4:1 | 97% (1,239) |
| 2023-24 | 1,341 | 69.5 | 19.3:1 | 81% (1,082) |
| 2022-23 | 1,431 | 68.1 | 21.0:1 | 63% (905) |
| 2020-21 | 1,511 | 66 | 22.9:1 | 86% (1,297) |
| 2017-18 | 1,511 | 67.8 | 22.3:1 | 85% (1,286) |
| 2015-16 | 1,528 | 66 | 23.1:1 | 92% (1,412) |
| 2010-11 | 1,277 | N/A | N/A | 100% (1,274) |
| 2000-01 | 1,721 | 83 | 20.7:1 | 63% (1,083) |
| 1990-91 | 1,204 | 63 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richmond High.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,511 to 1,280); teachers down 16% (67.8 to 57.2).
About Richmond High
Among the schools in Richmond, California, is Richmond High, a large high school. The school serves 1,280 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in California average about 838 students.
West Contra Costa Unified has a total of 52 schools and 25,133 students, Richmond High among them.
The student body at Richmond High is 89% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 5% Black and 3% Asian. Contra Costa County's residents are about 28% Hispanic, 62 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 19%, meaning two students picked at random have a 19% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Richmond High operates with 57.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 22.4:1. That is higher than the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. About 97% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County is 52 points.
Richmond High is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 18% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.8% for Richmond High. The school posts 20.5%, 2.4 points below the prediction.
In Contra Costa County (population about 1,165,012), the median household income is $127,229, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 280 public schools in Contra Costa County, enrolling about 167,423 students in all.
The closest other public school is Ford Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Richmond High ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,280, a 15% decrease from 1,511 in 2020-21.
Discussions about Richmond High may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Contra Costa Unified
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- Fred T. Korematsu MiddleMiddle · 708 students
Other schools in Richmond
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- Summit Public School: TamalpaisHigh · 629 students
- Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory AcademyHigh · 590 students
- Aspire Richmond Technology AcademyElementary · 586 students
Other Richmond High schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Richmond High. Richmond High is the largest of the 5.
- Richmond High SchoolRichmond, IN · 1,273 students
- RICHMOND HIGHRICHMOND, MO · 474 students
- Richmond High SchoolRichmond, ME · 131 students
- Richmond High SchoolRichmond, ME · 122 students
Nearby schools
- Ford Elementary0.2 mi · 371
- Edward M. Downer Elementary0.4 mi · 388
- Dover Elementary0.5 mi · 458
- Cesar E. Chavez Elementary0.5 mi · 408
- Grant Elementary0.7 mi · 551
- Helms Middle0.8 mi · 558
Frequently asked questions
About Richmond HighWhat is the total enrollment at Richmond High?
Richmond High enrolls approximately 1,280 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Richmond High serve?
Richmond High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Richmond High?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at Richmond High.
How diverse is Richmond High?
Richmond High reports a student body of 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Richmond High public or private?
Richmond High is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Contra Costa Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.