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Washington Elementary

Public Grades K-6

5328^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 9% of California elementary schools

Summary

Washington Elementary is a public K-6 school serving 385 students in the West Contra Costa Unified district, located in a high-need community where academic performance has been a significant challenge, with the school currently ranking in the bottom 10% of all California schools.

When compared to other traditional public elementary schools nearby, such as Peres Elementary, Coronado Elementary, and Cesar E. Chavez Elementary, Washington performs better academically and has a notably lower rate of chronic student absenteeism. However, it is outperformed by some charter schools in the area, including Richmond College Preparatory. Interestingly, Washington achieves these relative results while spending significantly less per student than the other district schools around it.

The school's performance has been inconsistent over the years, and there are wide gaps in how effectively it serves different groups of students. Proficiency in core subjects like English, math, and science is well below state averages, with scores dropping particularly in the upper grades. The struggles seen at Washington are part of a broader pattern across traditional public schools in this specific area of the district, all of which rank very low statewide, pointing to systemic challenges beyond any single school.

385

Students ?

21.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

55.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

565 Wine St.
Richmond, CA 94801-4054

(510) 231-1417

District: West Contra Costa Unified

Students who attend Washington Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Fred T. Korematsu Middle
High:	John F. Kennedy High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

77.9%

White:

10.9%

African American:

5.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 23rd percentile in 2013 → 9th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (13% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school13%

District avg27%

California avg41%

5,328^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 9%▼ down 32 pts since 2015

From bottom 41% (2015) to bottom 9% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

23^rd of 37Elementary Schools in the West Contra Costa Unified

1110^th of 1,543West Contra Costa Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.3	5328 of 5857	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	4726 of 5869	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.8	4666 of 5859	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.4	3842 of 5883	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.0	4804 of 5789	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.4	5225 of 5662	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	29.5	3876 of 5692	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	39.2	3130 of 5614	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2015	35.1	3320 of 5611	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2013	27.0	4277 of 5530	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	32.5	3771 of 5390	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2011	34.4	3658 of 5377	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2010	51.2	2511 of 5314	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2009	31.6	3581 of 5193	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2008	44.4	2688 of 5113	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2007	32.3	3410 of 5113	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2006	25.4	3631 of 4818	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	17.3	4151 of 4822	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	20.8	3884 of 4809	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	30.3	2530 of 3162	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	3212 of 3245	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	26.8	2826 of 3311	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.7	3034 of 3275	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.1	3181 of 3246	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.6	5276 of 5597	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	25.2	4224 of 5612	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.6	4071 of 5609	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.7	3663 of 5635	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.3	4516 of 5492	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.0	4845 of 5413	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.1	4861 of 5107	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	23.5	4234 of 5107	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.7	4199 of 5087	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.6	3564 of 5084	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.7	4389 of 4963	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.1	4751 of 4830	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.5	5328 of 5460	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	5161 of 5517	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.0	5029 of 5363	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	26.9	4091 of 5264	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.9	4788 of 5173	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.0	5017 of 5084	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.7	4806 of 5628	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.1	4717 of 5643	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.6	4652 of 5638	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.8	3645 of 5663	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	19.1	4738 of 5510	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.4	5128 of 5431	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	39.0	1884 of 2834	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	21.7	2286 of 2737	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2019)34th percentile+17 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)20th percentile~ school

Male (2025)15th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)6th percentile-3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)5th percentile-4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy23%-26 vs state

Listening17%-8 vs state

Mathematics16%-22 vs state

Science15%-18 vs state

Writing10%-7 vs state

Overall5%-5 vs state

Reading3%-4 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)					CSA Spanish Listening (2025)					CSA Spanish Writing (2025)					CSA Spanish Reading (2025)					CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Washington Elementary	Public	K-6	565 Wine St.	Richmond	94801	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1417	385	18	21.3	55.3%	42 (10.9%)	21 (5.5%)	300 (77.9%)	9 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.4%)	14.3	5328^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.0%		21.5	4726^th of 5869 public elementary schools	19.5%	602	4.7	11.5	0.0	2.8	5.1	25.6	19.2	10.6	13.9	17.4	4.8	23.5	2.1	8.3	10.2	4.8	8.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	14.9		14.9	20.9	20.8	25.5	25.0			22.9	18.6	20.8	8.5	13.9			15.6
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	29 Sixth St.	Richmond	94801	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1404	339	17	20.1	85.5%	4 (1.2%)	48 (14.2%)	269 (79.4%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	11 (3.2%)	6.1	5806^th of 5857 public elementary schools	0.9%		5.9	5844^th of 5869 public elementary schools	0.4%	38	9.5	5.3			7.5	38.1	10.5			25.0	4.8	21.1			12.5	4.8	5.3			5.0	0.0		0.0	2.5	18.6	3.6	12.0			9.0	7.3	15.9	1.8	7.8			7.8	90.9			93.2
Nystrom Elementary	Public	K-6	230 Harbour Way South	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1406	415	18	23.0	77.3%	10 (2.4%)	71 (17.1%)	302 (72.8%)	11 (2.7%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	14 (3.4%)	17	5103^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	12.9%		16.7	5149^th of 5869 public elementary schools	12.3%	46																					5.7		5.7	10.6	20.0	13.0	36.7			20.0	26.5	13.2	14.8	32.0			21.4
Richmond College Preparatory	Public, Charter	K-8	214 South 11th St.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa County	Richmond College Preparatory District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 235-2066	560	16	36.1	86.4%	1 (0.2%)	79 (14.1%)	449 (80.2%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	17 (3.0%)	63.8	1890^th of 5857 public elementary schools	67.7%		71.4	1532^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	73.9%	358																					25.8	23.5	24.8	39.7	58.1	48.4	52.5	59.7	52.9	51.9	55.2	53.2	61.3	49.2	35.1	46.0	50.3
Peres Elementary	Public	K-8	719 Fifth St.	Richmond	94801	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1407	538	26	21.0	95.0%	2 (0.4%)	68 (12.6%)	446 (82.9%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.6%)	5.4	5827^th of 5857 public elementary schools	0.5%		7.1	5811^th of 5869 public elementary schools	1.0%	16																					0.0	3.5	1.8	10.6	8.5	5.8	5.3	3.8	12.3	7.9	19.7	6.8	1.9	1.8	1.9	8.8	7.3	96.1			96.1
Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez	Public, Charter	K-5	1450 Marina Way South	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa County	Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 215-7009	490	13	37.6	82.7%	6 (1.2%)	12 (2.4%)	437 (89.2%)	13 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.5%)	29.5	3999^th of 5857 public elementary schools	31.7%		25.5	4324^th of 5869 public elementary schools	26.3%	325																					17.5		17.5	34.6	35.1	38.8				36.2	33.3	27.3	23.8				28.1
Coronado Elementary	Public	K-6	2100 Maine Ave.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1419	307	15	20.4	63.2%	9 (2.9%)	50 (16.3%)	227 (73.9%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (5.2%)	7.1	5774^th of 5857 public elementary schools	1.4%		6.6	5824^th of 5869 public elementary schools	0.8%	50	5.0				5.0	60.0				60.0	10.0				10.0	5.0				5.0	2.6		2.6	0.0	10.2	7.7	18.2			9.1	18.6	14.6	2.5	9.1			11.4	95.2
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary	Public	K-6	960 17th St.	Richmond	94801	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1418	408	17	24.0	97.8%	10 (2.5%)	9 (2.2%)	367 (90.0%)	12 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	6 (1.5%)	5.8	5815^th of 5857 public elementary schools	0.7%		7	5812^th of 5869 public elementary schools	1.0%	3																					3.7		3.7	11.3	5.0	1.9	15.2			8.1	8.1	10.2	3.8	8.9			7.8	90.4	95.9	94.5	94.5	93.2	97.3
Voices College-Bound Language Academy at W. Contra Costa County	Public, Charter	K-8	201 28th St.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa County	Voices College-Bound Lang Academy @ W. Contra Costa County	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 480-0540	343	10	34.3	81.0%	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	333 (97.1%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	10.3	5615^th of 5857 public elementary schools	4.1%		16.7	5151^st of 5869 public elementary schools	12.2%	464																					7.7		8.7	17.0	15.0	19.4	22.0			18.4	18.2	10.0	2.6	17.1			12.6	94.0			94.0		96.0	$39,831	$38,952	$879
Grant Elementary	Public	K-6	2400 Downer Ave.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1422	551	26	21.1	73.7%	23 (4.2%)	23 (4.2%)	470 (85.3%)	24 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.6%)	4.7	5844^th of 5857 public elementary schools	0.2%		6.1	5837^th of 5869 public elementary schools	0.5%	7	4.8	16.0	4.0		7.6	42.9	16.0	32.0		32.6	7.1	16.0	0.0		7.6	2.4	16.7	0.0		5.5	5.2		5.2	4.8	5.0	8.0	10.6			6.7	9.0	5.1	2.6	2.3			5.2	90.0			93.0	95.0

Frequently Asked Questions about Washington Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Washington Elementary?

Students at Washington Elementary are 78% Hispanic, 11% White, 5% African American, 3% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What district is Washington Elementary in?

West Contra Costa Unified

What schools do graduates of Washington Elementary attend?

Students who attend Washington Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Fred T. Korematsu Middle
High : John F. Kennedy High

Is Washington Elementary a good school?

Washington Elementary ranks in the bottom 9.0% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Washington Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 385 students attended Washington Elementary.

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