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Richmond High School

1250 23rd Street, Richmond, CA 94804View on map

  • Public
  • Richmond
  • 337 seniors
  • 1,233 students

Richmond High School is a public high school in Richmond (West Contra Costa Unified) with 337 seniors. In fall 2025, 84% of its 69 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 74%. Its students applied most often to UC Davis (UCD), UC Berkeley (Cal), and UC Merced. 32% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

84%

58 of 69 applicants, fall 2025

County median 74%

Seniors admitted to a UC

17%

58 of 337 seniors

County median 26%

Seniors who applied to UC

20%

69 of 337 seniors

County median 35%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 31 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

18%

10 of 56 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

Richmond High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 8 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 4.

  • Berkeley4 pts higher

    18%

    10 of 56 admitted

    This school18%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.61)

  • Irvine9 pts lower

    14%

    4 of 29 admitted

    This school14%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.50)

  • San Diego5 pts higher

    30%

    6 of 20 admitted

    This school30%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.41)

  • Santa Barbara10 pts higher

    43%

    6 of 14 admitted

    This school43%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.84 (all applicants 3.39)

  • DavisAbout the same

    38%

    22 of 58 admitted

    This school38%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.96 (all applicants 3.52)

  • Santa Cruz15 pts lower

    56%

    22 of 39 admitted

    This school56%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.53)

  • Riverside5 pts lower

    82%

    14 of 17 admitted

    This school82%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.70 (all applicants 3.59)

  • Merced6 pts lower

    90%

    47 of 52 admitted

    This school90%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.58 (all applicants 3.48)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report31 applied

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

Richmond High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 3 campuses, worse at 3.

  • San Jose12 pts lower

    68%

    40 of 59 admitted

    This school68%Overall80%

  • San Francisco5 pts lower

    91%

    84 of 92 admitted

    This school91%Overall96%

  • East Bay7 pts lower

    90%

    55 of 61 admitted

    This school90%Overall97%

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (304 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

49%

149 of 304 graduates

UC or CSU

18%

55 graduates

Community college

29%

88 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC258%
CSU3010%
CA private college31%
Out of state31%
Community college8829%
Not enrolled15551%
Enrolled in college14949%
Total304100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Homeless, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

10

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

8

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

11% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

13%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

44 of 331 graduates

A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.

2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

1%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

2 of 361 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 1 class
  • Social science: 4 classes

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 28%County median 50%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 5%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 7%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 1%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 77%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 32%County median 61%

Across California

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