Schools · Richmond
Richmond, CA schools
Richmond’s public schools score well above California’s averages: 85% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 79% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 4 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A
Richmond’s School Grade: A
The public schools Richmond’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 94% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A+Test scoresC-Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 94%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (571)Better than 99%
High confidence. Built on 1,181 tested students and a graduating class of 2,263; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Richmond kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades 9–12, Acalanes Union High)85%
State average 48.5%
Reading (West Contra Costa Unified)62%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades 9–12, Acalanes Union High)73%
State average 33.4%
Math (West Contra Costa Unified)57%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
79% graduate on time
Graduation rate
79%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
2,263
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Richmond
Acalanes Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 5 schools · 5,401 students
$20,081 per studentCA $21,206A+West Contra Costa Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 54 schools · 25,133 students
$21,597 per studentCA $21,206A-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 38 schools in Richmond
Showing 1–30 of 38 schools
Aspire Richmond Technology AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 586 students
CharterRichmond College PreparatoryElementary · Grades K–8 · 560 students
CharterGrant ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 551 students
PublicPeres ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 538 students
PublicRichmond Charter Elementary-Benito JuarezElementary · Grades K–5 · 490 students
CharterMurphy ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 460 students
PublicMichelle Obama ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 431 students
PublicNystrom ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 415 students
PublicCesar E. Chavez ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 408 students
PublicWashington ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 385 students
PublicHighland ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 377 students
PublicMartin Luther King Jr. ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 375 students
PublicFord ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 371 students
PublicVoices College-Bound Language Acad at W. Contra Costa CoElementary · Grades K–8 · 343 students
CharterLincoln ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 339 students
PublicOlinda ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 318 students
PublicSheldon ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 318 students
PublicCoronado ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 307 students
DPublicStege ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 225 students
PublicValley View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 220 students
PublicLovonya DeJean MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 381 students
PublicRichmond Charter AcademyMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 296 students
CharterManzanita MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 92 students
CharterRichmond HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,280 students
PublicMaking Waves AcademyHigh · Grades 5–12 · 1,078 students
B-CharterDe Anza HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,047 students
PublicJohn F. Kennedy HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 740 students
PublicSummit Public School: TamalpaisHigh · Grades 7–12 · 629 students
CharterAspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory AcademyHigh · Grades 6–12 · 590 students
B-CharterLeadership Public Schools: RichmondHigh · Grades 9–12 · 546 students
B-CharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.
Also serving Richmond
Schools Richmond kids attend in other towns
Public schools in Richmond’s district that are located in Walnut Creek, Moraga, Lafayette and Orinda. Which one depends on your address.