Summary:
The Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez District contains a single K-5 elementary school, Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez, serving 490 students in a community with high economic need, where over 82% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
This school faces significant challenges, with academic proficiency in English, math, and science consistently below California state averages, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 28.3% that is notably higher than the state average. A particularly concerning finding is the decline in math proficiency as students advance from 3rd to 5th grade. However, the school has shown a positive trend, improving its statewide ranking over the last three years from the 23rd to the 32nd percentile, indicating recent efforts may be starting to yield results.
Notably, the school operates with an exceptionally high student-teacher ratio of 37.6 to 1, which is unusual for an elementary school and can limit individual student attention, despite reporting per-student spending above $22,000. For parents, this suggests the school is in a period of gradual improvement but continues to grapple with substantial obstacles related to classroom size and student attendance that impact overall academic performance.
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