📍 540 Ashbury Ave., El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, 94530
El Cerrito High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in El Cerrito, Contra Costa County. The school has 1,522 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Stacy Wayne. It is part of the West Contra Costa Unified school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 65.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.2:1.
El Cerrito High enrolls 1,522 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 65.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 30% Hispanic or Latino, 29% White and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 461 | 30% |
| White | 440 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 262 | 17% |
| Asian | 252 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 81 | 5.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 16 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
633 of the school's 1,522 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
El Cerrito High is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
El Cerrito High is one of 54 schools in West Contra Costa Unified, based in Richmond, California. The district serves 25,244 students district-wide and employs 1,231 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,522 students, El Cerrito High is larger than the district average of about 467 students per school.