Best Public Schools in Richmond, California

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2018)				Ranking (2017)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2018)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2018)
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 (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	SchoolDigger Rating (2018)	Average Standard Score (2017)	Statewide Rank (2017)	State Percentile (2017)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 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 11th Grade
Coronado Elementary	Public	K-6	2100 Maine Ave.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1419	443	19	23.3	93.0%	9 (2.0%)	110 (24.8%)	295 (66.6%)	16 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	4 (0.9%)	4.6	5629^th of 5662 public elementary schools	0.6%		13.2	5256^th of 5692 public elementary schools	7.7%	373	17.0	5.0	8.2	4.1				17.0	6.7	0.0	6.0
De Anza High	Public	9-12	5000 Valley View Rd.	Richmond	94803	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	No	(510) 231-1440	1,331	64	20.9	67.0%	128 (9.6%)	282 (21.2%)	597 (44.9%)	279 (21.0%)	2 (0.2%)	12 (0.9%)	31 (2.3%)	41.9	1179^th of 2017 public high schools	41.5%		28.7	1399^th of 2021 public high schools	30.8%	220							45.7							13.6
Ford Elementary	Public	K-6	2711 Maricopa Ave.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1421	476	20	24.4	89.0%	18 (3.8%)	34 (7.1%)	386 (81.1%)	25 (5.3%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	7 (1.5%)	13.4	5226^th of 5662 public elementary schools	7.7%		15.2	5098^th of 5692 public elementary schools	10.4%	128	28.1	39.7	22.6	14.8				22.7	16.1	4.8	1.8
Greenwood Academy	Public	9-12	831 Chanslor Ave.	Richmond	94801	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1402	345	14	25.3	77.0%	24 (7.0%)	99 (28.7%)	197 (57.1%)	17 (4.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	9.8	1893^rd of 2017 public high schools	6.1%		9.6	1875^th of 2021 public high schools	7.2%	18							4.9							0.0
Grant Elementary	Public	K-6	2400 Downer Ave.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1422	490	21	23.3	96.0%	6 (1.2%)	30 (6.1%)	432 (88.2%)	17 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	6.9	5577^th of 5662 public elementary schools	1.5%		7.8	5599^th of 5692 public elementary schools	1.6%	22	24.3	14.3	20.6	7.3				15.1	7.0	5.9	1.8
John F. Kennedy High	Public	9-12	4300 Cutting Blvd.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1433	915	44	20.8	83.0%	20 (2.2%)	235 (25.7%)	579 (63.3%)	59 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.0%)	13 (1.4%)	15.3	1590^th of 2017 public high schools	21.2%		13.1	1657^th of 2021 public high schools	18.0%	67							19.9							0.7
Martin Luther King Junior Elementary	Public	K-6	4022 Florida Ave	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1403	453	20	22.6	97.0%	22 (4.9%)	140 (30.9%)	251 (55.4%)	27 (6.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	9 (2.0%)	3.1	5654^th of 5662 public elementary schools	0.1%		4.9	5669^th of 5692 public elementary schools	0.4%	15	7.6	1.6	5.2	2.0				7.5	3.2	1.7	3.9
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	29 Sixth St.	Richmond	94801	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1404	427	18	23.7	96.0%	10 (2.3%)	101 (23.7%)	296 (69.3%)	7 (1.6%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.9%)	8.1	5532^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	2.3%		7.2	5618^th of 5692 public elementary schools	1.3%	86	3.0	13.3	17.5	18.6				9.0	12.9	14.3	14.5
Mira Vista Elementary	Public	K-8	6397 Hazel Ave.	Richmond	94805	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	No	(510) 231-1416	558	25	22.5	58.0%	135 (24.2%)	98 (17.6%)	206 (36.9%)	65 (11.6%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	48 (8.6%)	43.4	2936^th of 5662 public elementary schools	48.1%		40.9	3048^th of 5692 public elementary schools	46.5%	112	44.9	36.9	40.6	52.9	38.3	58.5		34.6	48.5	31.4	29.4	14.9	45.3
Nystrom Elementary	Public	K-6	230 Harbour Way S.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1406	503	20	25.1	96.0%	6 (1.2%)	86 (17.1%)	383 (76.1%)	15 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	5 (1.0%)	7.7	5546^th of 5662 public elementary schools	2.0%		8.4	5574^th of 5692 public elementary schools	2.1%	28	7.5	15.6	12.7	19.4				10.0	15.6	11.1	14.5
Peres Elementary	Public	K-6	719 Fifth St.	Richmond	94801	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1407	531	22	24.1	96.0%	4 (0.8%)	88 (16.6%)	406 (76.5%)	15 (2.8%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	13 (2.4%)	18	4850^th of 5662 public elementary schools	14.3%		21	4596^th of 5692 public elementary schools	19.3%	254	16.2	34.3	21.1	33.9				13.0	30.7	4.2	28.8
Richmond High	Public	9-12	1250 23rd St.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1450	1,590	71	22.2	93.0%	17 (1.1%)	98 (6.2%)	1,356 (85.3%)	100 (6.3%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (0.6%)	9 (0.6%)	30.8	1359^th of 2017 public high schools	32.6%		24	1456^th of 2021 public high schools	28.0%	97							34.4							10.5
Riverside Elementary	Public	K-6	1300 Amador St.	Richmond	94806	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1409	371	16	23.1	92.0%	28 (7.5%)	66 (17.8%)	209 (56.3%)	49 (13.2%)	4 (1.1%)	6 (1.6%)	9 (2.4%)	25.3	4211^th of 5662 public elementary schools	25.6%		32.7	3628^th of 5692 public elementary schools	36.3%	583	21.2	41.7	29.5	22.9				29.4	45.0	13.1	24.5
Sheldon Elementary	Public	K-6	2601 May Rd.	Richmond	94803	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	No	(510) 231-1414	382	17	22.7	70.0%	31 (8.1%)	100 (26.2%)	146 (38.2%)	81 (21.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	22 (5.8%)	24.6	4271^st of 5662 public elementary schools	24.6%		31	3760^th of 5692 public elementary schools	33.9%	511	27.1	28.3	32.5	33.9				37.5	28.9	25.0	22.2
Stege Elementary	Public	K-6	4949 Cypress Ave.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1425	282	13	22.0	90.0%	10 (3.5%)	154 (54.6%)	76 (27.0%)	24 (8.5%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.1%)	14 (5.0%)	3.5	5650^th of 5662 public elementary schools	0.2%		3.6	5686^th of 5692 public elementary schools	0.1%	36	6.1	3.3	17.1	3.2				8.3	3.3	0.0	0.0
Valley View Elementary	Public	K-6	3416 Maywood Dr.	Richmond	94803	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	No	(510) 231-1455	336	15	22.4	47.0%	102 (30.4%)	59 (17.6%)	85 (25.3%)	75 (22.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	10 (3.0%)	38.6	3245^th of 5662 public elementary schools	42.7%		45.4	2781^st of 5692 public elementary schools	51.1%	464	50.0	31.8	45.7	43.2				34.8	22.2	37.0	43.2
Verde Elementary	Public	K-6	2000 Giaramita St.	Richmond	94801	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1408	339	12	28.2	99.0%	0 (0.0%)	41 (12.1%)	280 (82.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	10 (2.9%)	8.2	5518^th of 5662 public elementary schools	2.5%		8.6	5563^rd of 5692 public elementary schools	2.3%	45	15.9	13.6	19.6	18.2				13.3	8.9	8.5	18.2
Washington Elementary	Public	K-6	565 Wine St.	Richmond	94801	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	No	(510) 231-1417	459	19	24.1	68.0%	70 (15.3%)	60 (13.1%)	297 (64.7%)	16 (3.5%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.6%)	13.4	5225^th of 5662 public elementary schools	7.7%		29.5	3876^th of 5692 public elementary schools	31.9%	1349	20.6	11.6	30.0	15.1				15.9	14.3	23.7	22.6
Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	629 42nd St.	Richmond	94805	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1456	461	19	24.2	89.0%	20 (4.3%)	55 (11.9%)	302 (65.5%)	64 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	13 (2.8%)	16.5	4962^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	12.4%		24.7	4286^th of 5692 public elementary schools	24.7%	676	25.0	30.0	20.0	27.3				20.6	33.8	3.9	14.6
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary	Public	K-6	960 17th St.	Richmond	94801	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1418	554	22	25.7	95.0%	14 (2.5%)	28 (5.1%)	491 (88.6%)	17 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	7.8	5544^th of 5662 public elementary schools	2.1%		12.2	5353^rd of 5692 public elementary schools	6.0%	191	14.9	15.2	15.9	21.4				14.7	6.1	5.8	14.1
Manzanita Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	461 33rd St	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(510) 222-3500	99	8	12.3	72.0%	5 (5.1%)	6 (6.1%)	83 (83.8%)	4 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	20	2003^rd of 2480 public middle schools	19.2%		44.5	1268^th of 2508 public middle schools	49.4%	735				17.5	37.3	36.1					5.0	21.6	16.7
Highland Elementary	Public	K-6	2829 Moyers Rd.	Richmond	94806	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1424	484	19	25.4	89.0%	16 (3.3%)	109 (22.5%)	273 (56.4%)	65 (13.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	16 (3.3%)	35.1	3460^th of 5662 public elementary schools	38.9%		37.7	3256^th of 5692 public elementary schools	42.8%	204	46.5	22.7	45.3	38.3				52.1	14.1	32.1	25.0
Leadership Public Schools: Richmond	Public, Charter	9-12	880 Bissell Ave.	Richmond	94801	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(510) 235-4522	548	25	21.8	83.0%	1 (0.2%)	33 (6.0%)	489 (89.2%)	14 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.0%)	66.7	669^th of 2017 public high schools	66.8%		61.8	753^rd of 2021 public high schools	62.7%	84							63.0							26.5
Lovonya DeJean Middle	Public	7-8	3400 Macdonald Ave.	Richmond	94805	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(510) 231-1430	457	17	26.5	98.0%	7 (1.5%)	99 (21.7%)	309 (67.6%)	29 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	11 (2.4%)	6.2	2433^rd of 2480 public middle schools	1.9%		5.8	2467^th of 2508 public middle schools	1.6%	34					14.1	16.1						4.7	3.3
Richmond College Preparatory	Public, Charter	K-8	214 S. 11th St.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(510) 235-2066	436	14	31.1	81.0%	2 (0.5%)	155 (35.6%)	270 (61.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.4%)	67.9	1681^st of 5662 public elementary schools	70.3%		52.7	2395^th of 5692 public elementary schools	57.9%	714	37.7	48.3	57.9	78.2	50.9			53.3	56.1	61.4	51.9	43.1
Richmond Charter Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	1450 Marina Way S.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(510) 235-2465	248	9	27.5	88.0%	2 (0.8%)	4 (1.6%)	231 (93.1%)	11 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27.9	1728^th of 2480 public middle schools	30.3%		46.1	1216^th of 2508 public middle schools	51.5%	512				39.8	33.7	38.6					30.7	14.6	14.0
Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez	Public, Charter	K-5	1450 Marina Way S.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(510) 215-7009	465	18	25.8	85.0%	3 (0.6%)	8 (1.7%)	437 (94.0%)	15 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	39.8	3160^th of 5662 public elementary schools	44.2%		40	3101^st of 5692 public elementary schools	45.5%	59	27.8	33.3	51.3					40.9	31.5	46.7
Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	6-12	3040 Hilltop Mall Rd.	Richmond	94806	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(510) 434-5000	348	18	19.8	73.0%	7 (2.0%)	62 (17.8%)	233 (67.0%)	29 (8.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.3%)								(n/a)				50.6	34.1	26.4	62.5				21.4	18.2	17.1	16.3
Aspire Richmond Technology Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	3040 Hilltop Mall Rd.	Richmond	94806	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(510) 480-0660	286	13	22.0	83.0%	4 (1.4%)	27 (9.4%)	217 (75.9%)	19 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (6.6%)	52.1	2442^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	56.9%		42.4	2957^th of 5692 public elementary schools	48.0%	515	44.7	43.1	48.3					61.7	44.8	34.5
John Henry High	Public, Charter	9-12	1402 Marina Way S.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	Yes	No	No	Yes	(510) 235-2439	202	11	18.3	85.0%	3 (1.5%)	5 (2.5%)	191 (94.6%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	77.3	451^st of 2017 public high schools	77.6%		67.5	644^th of 2021 public high schools	68.1%	193							62.0							40.5
Summit Public School: Tamalpais	Public, Charter	7-12	3020 Hilltop Mall Rd.	Richmond	94806	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(510) 374-4185	117	4	29.2	65.0%	6 (5.1%)	19 (16.2%)	61 (52.1%)	17 (14.5%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (11.1%)								(n/a)					59.1	47.3						33.0	38.7
Making Waves Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	5-12	4123 Lakeside Dr.	Richmond	94806	Contra Costa	Contra Costa County Office Of Education	Yes	No	No	Yes	(510) 262-1511	781	46	16.8	84.0%	5 (0.6%)	75 (9.6%)	684 (87.6%)	15 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)								(n/a)			43.2	32.4	51.8	32.4	68.8			27.0	12.6	39.1	15.7	33.8
Caliber: Beta Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	4301 Berk Ave.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa	Contra Costa County Office Of Education	Yes	No	No	Yes	(510) 685-9886	755	20	37.7	87.0%	20 (2.6%)	90 (11.9%)	599 (79.3%)	25 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	18 (2.4%)	44	2896^th of 5662 public elementary schools	48.9%		40.6	3069^th of 5692 public elementary schools	46.1%	173	39.2	49.5	47.2	53.0	34.9	32.9		47.4	36.8	30.3	19.3	18.6	17.8
West County Mandarin	Public	K-6	6028 Ralston Ave.	Richmond	94805	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 231-1453																			(n/a)

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
San Pablo	0.74 mi	10	761^st
El Cerrito	2.61 mi	7	274^th
El Sobrante	3.93 mi	4	520^th
Albany	4.48 mi	6	44^th
Kensington	4.6 mi	1	24^th

Best Public Schools in Richmond, CA

John Henry High

Richmond College Preparatory

Leadership Public Schools: Richmond

Aspire Richmond Technology Academy

Caliber: Beta Academy

Mira Vista Elementary

De Anza High

Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez

Valley View Elementary

Highland Elementary

Richmond High

Richmond Charter Academy

Riverside Elementary

Sheldon Elementary

Manzanita Middle

Peres Elementary

Wilson Elementary

John F. Kennedy High

Washington Elementary

Ford Elementary

Greenwood Academy

Verde Elementary

Lincoln Elementary

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Nystrom Elementary

Grant Elementary

Lovonya DeJean Middle

Coronado Elementary

Stege Elementary

Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy

Making Waves Academy

Summit Public School: Tamalpais

West County Mandarin

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