West Contra Costa Unified Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A Middle College High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
2. D+ Vista Independent Study Virtual Academy (K-12 school, doesn't meet expectations)
3. F Coronado Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
4. F Martin Luther King JR Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)

High schools (6)

• De Anza High, Richmond
• El Cerrito High, El Cerrito
• Hercules High, Hercules
• John F Kennedy High, Richmond
• Pinole Valley High, Pinole
• Richmond High, Richmond

Middle and junior high schools (8)

• Betty Reid Soskin Middle, El Sobrante
• Fred T Korematsu Middle, El Cerrito
• Helms Middle, San Pablo
• Hercules Middle, Hercules
• Lovonya Dejean Middle, Richmond
• F Martin Luther King JR Elementary, Richmond
• A Middle College High, San Pablo
• Pinole Middle, Pinole

Elementary and primary schools (35)

• Bayview Elementary, San Pablo
• Cesar E Chavez Elementary, Richmond
• Collins Elementary, Pinole
• F Coronado Elementary, Richmond
• Dover Elementary, San Pablo
• Edward M Downer Elementary, San Pablo
• Ellerhorst Elementary, Pinole
• Fairmont Elementary, El Cerrito
• Ford Elementary, Richmond
• Grant Elementary, Richmond
• Hanna Ranch Elementary, Hercules
• Harding Elementary, El Cerrito
• Highland Elementary, Richmond
• Kensington Elementary, Kensington
• Lake Elementary, San Pablo
• Lincoln Elementary, Richmond
• Lupine Hills Elementary, Hercules
• Madera Elementary, El Cerrito
• Michelle Obama Elementary, Richmond
• Mira Vista Elementary, Richmond
• Montalvin Manor Elementary, San Pablo
• Murphy Elementary, El Sobrante
• Nystrom Elementary, Richmond
• Ohlone Elementary, Hercules
• Olinda Elementary, El Sobrante
• Peres Elementary, Richmond
• Riverside Elementary, Richmond
• Shannon Elementary, Pinole
• Sheldon Elementary, Richmond
• Stege Elementary, Richmond
• Stewart Elementary, Pinole
• Tara Hills Elementary, San Pablo
• Valley View Elementary, Richmond
• Verde Elementary, Richmond
• Washington Elementary, Richmond

Other schools and academies (3)

• Greenwood Academy, Richmond
• D+ Vista Independent Study Virtual Academy, San Pablo
• West County Mandarin, Pinole

Cities and towns served (6)

• Richmond (22)
• San Pablo (9)
• Pinole (7)
• El Cerrito (5)
• Hercules (5)
• El Sobrante (3)

• State: Best schools in California
• County: Contra Costa County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 25,575 students with 1,190 full-time-equivalent teachers and 2,751 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 0632550
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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