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West Contra Costa Unified

Richmond, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

25,244
Students enrolled
54
Public schools
1,147
Classroom teachers (FTE)
22.0:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 2,619
  • Grade 1 1,969
  • Grade 2 1,963
  • Grade 3 1,994
  • Grade 4 2,041
  • Grade 5 2,051
  • Grade 6 1,881
  • Grade 7 1,692
  • Grade 8 1,630
  • Grade 9 1,671
  • Grade 10 1,780
  • Grade 11 1,812
  • Grade 12 2,141

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 55%
  • Asian 16%
  • Black or African American 11%
  • White 10%
  • Two or more races 7%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

64% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 16,159 of 25,133 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 55%
  • Reduced-price lunch 10%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$21,592 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $12,382
  • Support services $8,299
  • Other (food service, etc.) $911

Where the money comes from

  • Local 43%
  • State 48%
  • Federal 9%

Total revenue $724.8 milliontotal spending $663.7 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

2,511

District office

1108 Bissell Ave., Richmond CA 94801

County

Contra Costa County

Official website

NCES District ID

632550

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About West Contra Costa Unified

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Our Mission We provide the highest quality education to enable all students to make positive life choices, strengthen our community, and successfully participate in a diverse and global society.
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Public Schools in West Contra Costa Unified (59)

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