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Voices College-Bound Language Academy at W. Contra Costa County

Public, Charter Grades K-8

5615^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 4% of California elementary schools

Summary

Voices College-Bound Language Academy at W. Contra Costa County is a K-8 charter school in Richmond serving 343 students, operating within its own district and focusing on college preparation, but it has experienced a significant academic decline in recent years.

The school's statewide academic ranking has fallen sharply, now placing in the bottom 4% of California schools, with current proficiency rates in English (18%) and math (13%) below state averages. It serves a high-need population, with over 80% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. While its chronic absenteeism rate of 33% is an improvement, it remains high, and the school operates with a very high student-teacher ratio of 34-to-1. A particularly notable concern is its reported per-student spending, which is dramatically lower than all nearby schools.

Compared to other local options, Voices Academy performs better than several traditional West Contra Costa Unified schools like Coronado Elementary and Stege Elementary. However, it performs worse than Michelle Obama Elementary and significantly worse than Richmond College Preparatory, a charter school with similar demographics but much higher achievement and funding. The school has shown relative strength in teaching English Language Learners, but overall, it faces considerable challenges in resources and consistent academic performance.

343

Students ?

34.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$354

Per pupil spending ?

81%

Free/discounted lunch ?

201 28th St.
Richmond, CA 94804-2522

(510) 480-0540

District: Voices College-Bound Lang Academy @ W. Contra Costa County

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.1%

Asian:

1.2%

African American:

0.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 36th percentile in 2022 → 4th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (15% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (33% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school15%

California avg41%

5,615^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 4%▼ down 32 pts since 2022

From bottom 36% (2022) to bottom 4% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1520^th of 1,543Voices College-Bound Lang Academy @ W. Contra Costa County 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	10.3	5615 of 5857	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.7	5151 of 5869	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.0	4356 of 5859	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.3	3762 of 5883	36.1%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	34.2	2238 of 3162	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	46.4	1387 of 3245	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.2	1732 of 3311	47.7%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.1	5473 of 5597	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	5148 of 5612	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	27.1	4047 of 5609	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	38.7	3074 of 5635	45.4%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.3	4897 of 5107	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	23.3	4250 of 5107	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.3	3439 of 5087	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.9	2907 of 5084	42.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.8	5237 of 5460	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	24.9	4392 of 5517	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	39.6	3097 of 5363	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.4	3062 of 5264	41.8%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.0	5252 of 5628	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	4753 of 5643	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.1	3182 of 5638	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.7	3559 of 5663	37.2%	★★☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)29th percentile+17 vs school

Male (2025)7th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)4th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)4th percentile~ school

Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy18%-30 vs state

Mathematics13%-25 vs state

Science9%-24 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 (2024)
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 All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th 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
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	$354	$00	$354
Stege Elementary	Public	K-6	101 35th St.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1425	225	12	18.1	77.3%	21 (9.3%)	73 (32.4%)	94 (41.8%)	22 (9.8%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.8%)	4.9	5839^th of 5857 public elementary schools	0.3%		8	5777^th of 5869 public elementary schools	1.6%	62																	3.5		3.5	9.1	9.5	3.6	15.8			8.9	4.4	4.8	0.0	4.6			3.2	90.6	93.8	93.8	93.8	90.6	93.8	$8,343	$1,548	$6,795
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						$6,731	$1,524	$5,207
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		$6,192	$1,715	$4,477
Martin Luther King Junior Elementary	Public	K-6	4022 Florida Ave.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1403	375	17	22.0	90.1%	10 (2.7%)	86 (22.9%)	228 (60.8%)	25 (6.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (6.4%)	4.1	5851^st of 5857 public elementary schools	0.1%		5.8	5849^th of 5869 public elementary schools	0.3%	2																	1.8		1.8	11.9	5.2	5.5	3.5			6.1	7.1	3.4	1.8	0.0			2.8	69.8	86.8	86.8	84.9	83.0	86.8	$7,264	$2,171	$5,093
Michelle Obama Elementary	Public	K-6	629 42nd st	Richmond	94805	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1456	431	19	22.3	77.7%	28 (6.5%)	30 (7.0%)	305 (70.8%)	40 (9.3%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	24 (5.6%)	19	4922^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	16.0%		21.8	4700^th of 5869 public elementary schools	19.9%	222																	14.3		14.3	14.1	33.3	18.2	13.7			19.8	22.7	42.4	19.6	9.4			23.9							$6,531	$1,878	$4,653
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							$18,379	$814	$17,565
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							$5,543	$1,677	$3,866
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	$5,577	$1,596	$3,981
Ford Elementary	Public	K-6	2711 Maricopa Ave.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1421	371	16	23.1	85.4%	7 (1.9%)	16 (4.3%)	320 (86.3%)	22 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	8.3	5722^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	2.3%		13.4	5448^th of 5869 public elementary schools	7.2%	274	10.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	30.0	0.0	13.8	13.7	10.5	4.2	0.0	4.2	5.3	0.0	0.0	1.4	6.3		6.3	5.1	6.0	15.4	25.9			13.9	20.0	8.2	2.0	9.4			9.3	80.0	86.7	88.3	90.0	86.7	91.7	$6,686	$1,581	$5,105

Frequently Asked Questions about Voices College-Bound Language Academy at W. Contra Costa County

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Voices College-Bound Language Academy at W. Contra Costa County ranks in the bottom 4.1% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Voices College-Bound Language Academy at W. Contra Costa County?

In the 2024-25 school year, 343 students attended Voices College-Bound Language Academy at W. Contra Costa County.

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Voices College-Bound Lang Academy @ W. Contra Costa County

What is the racial makeup of Voices College-Bound Language Academy at W. Contra Costa County?

Students at Voices College-Bound Language Academy at W. Contra Costa County are 97% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

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