Summary:
The middle-school list for Richmond Charter Academy District has one school: Richmond Charter Academy, serving grades 6–8 with 296 students. In 2025–26, the school’s proficiency rates were below California’s in English language arts (ELA), math, and science, while chronic absenteeism was lower than the state rate. The clearest concern is math: proficiency was 17% at the school versus 38% statewide, a 21-point gap.
There is no meaningful school-to-school top or bottom comparison because this is the only school in the list. Compared with California in 2025–26, Richmond Charter Academy was closest to the state in ELA, at 43% versus 49%, a 7-point gap. Science proficiency was 23% versus 36%, a 13-point gap. Math had the largest gap, and grade 6 math was furthest behind its state comparison: 13% versus 37%, a 24-point gap. The school’s chronic absenteeism rate was 15%, compared with 18% statewide, or 3 points lower.
Results changed unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: the school’s ELA rate fell 4 points and its math rate fell 1 point, while science rose 9 points. The science gap with the state narrowed from 19 to 13 points; the ELA gap widened from 3 to 7 points, and the math gap widened from 19 to 21. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down, from the 51st percentile and 3 stars in 2023–24 to the 34th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–26. As context, the school’s 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 36.7, and 82% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch; California provides free meals statewide.
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