Independent charter school · West Contra Costa Unified · Richmond, California

Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy — Rating & test scores

Richmond · 6–12 · 590 students (2024–25)

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The dots are California’s 1,498 scored public high schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Why not spring 2026? High school scores include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
57

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of seven measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

In 2024–25, 95% of the class graduated in four years (69 of 73); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 73
Comparison
California: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Academic achievement ↓

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In grade 11, spring 2026, 68% scored Proficient or Advanced in English (reading and writing), against 57% across California.

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grade 11. California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy a good school?

Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy scores higher than 55 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 55th percentile, Solid, spring 2025.

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 9 in 100 California middle schools we score (9th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 19 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 30 in 100 at the average West Contra Costa Unified high school. 3.8% of students (24 of 627) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

More questions (6)

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 57 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 36% of low-income students in grades 6, 7, 8 and 11 at Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 41% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What could my child study here?

The College Board approved this school to teach 1 AP course in 1 subject for 2025–26. Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

71% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $8.8 million is planned for 14 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 69% of its $12.8 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in English; well below it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 68% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 11% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 80
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English, 413,523 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 80 tested

Advanced
21%
Proficient
47%
Below the standard
32%
This school68%
California57%
West Contra Costa Unified43%

68% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 80 tested

Advanced
2%
Proficient
9%
Below the standard
89%
This school11%
California32%
West Contra Costa Unified25%

11% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 6–8 and 11 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced33%37%18%
Advanced11%7%2%
Proficient22%30%16%
Developing level23%30%28%
Minimal44%33%54%
Tested939193
California48%51%49%
Difference−15−14−31
English, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advanced68%
Advanced21%
Proficient47%
Developing level22%
Minimal10%
Tested80
California57%
Difference+11

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced17%34%13%
Advanced4%9%4%
Proficient13%25%9%
Developing level17%25%16%
Minimal66%41%71%
Tested939193
California37%38%36%
Difference−20−4−23
Math, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advanced11%
Advanced2%
Proficient9%
Developing level27%
Minimal62%
Tested80
California32%
Difference−21

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How do the middle grades do?

Well below California in both subjects. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 30% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 21% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 9th percentile (Needs Support) among California’s middle schools.

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 277 tested

Advanced
6%
Proficient
24%
Below the standard
70%
This school30%
California49%
West Contra Costa Unified34%

30% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 277 tested

Advanced
6%
Proficient
15%
Below the standard
79%
This school21%
California37%
West Contra Costa Unified26%

21% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 57 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. The grade 11 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were lower. English went from 52% to 68% and math from 16% to 11%.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in math?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 11 · This school21%47%22%10%80
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · West Contra Costa Unified17%26%23%34%1,698
Math, grade 11 · This school2%9%27%62%80
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · West Contra Costa Unified12%13%19%56%1,751
English, grades 6–8 · This school6%24%26%44%277
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · West Contra Costa Unified11%23%22%44%5,623
Math, grades 6–8 · This school6%15%20%59%277
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · West Contra Costa Unified13%13%21%53%5,590

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, readiness and college destinations answer different questions below.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202668%57%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202611%32%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grade 11, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 52% in 2017 to 68% in 2026. In math, it went from 15% in 2017 to 11% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201752%
52 tested
60%
444,040 tested
201862%
48 tested
56%
439,134 tested
201963%
49 tested
57%
439,947 tested
202246%
81 tested
55%
427,007 tested
202364%
77 tested
55%
442,128 tested
202454%
68 tested
56%
435,296 tested
202552%
67 tested
57%
432,651 tested
202668%
80 tested
57%
414,559 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201715%
52 tested
32%
442,457 tested
201816%
49 tested
31%
437,883 tested
201920%
49 tested
32%
438,107 tested
202213%
82 tested
27%
424,390 tested
20239%
76 tested
27%
440,912 tested
202413%
69 tested
28%
434,711 tested
202516%
67 tested
30%
431,903 tested
202611%
80 tested
32%
413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy’s results?

Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy’s own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Where is its yearly plan?

West Contra Costa Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2028.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

95% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 89% across California. 81% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 71% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

95%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 69 of 73 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

81%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 59 of 73 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

99%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 68 of 69 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

71% enrolled in college within 12 months · 80 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓10 · 13%
  • California State University CSU detail ↓23 · 29%
  • California community college21 · 26%
  • In-state private1 · 1%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year2 · 2%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
  • Not enrolled23 · 29%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

What could my child study here?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

The College Board approved this school to teach 1 AP course in 1 subject for 2025–26.

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025–26. Authorization doesn’t show which courses run or who can take them; ask the school.

  • Math & Computer Science1
Every approved AP course1 course in 1 subject
Math & Computer Science 1
  • Precalculus

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 69 of 73 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure)
2024–25 · 59 of 73 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list
2024–25 · 68 of 69 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.
A closer look: UC and CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

UC’s own records

University of California

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
31
Admitted
23
Enrolled
9

By campus · fall 2025

  • UC BerkeleyApplied 26 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled 5
  • UC DavisApplied 24 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled 3
  • UCLAApplied 15 · Admitted 4 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC San DiegoApplied 15 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC IrvineApplied 13 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC MercedApplied 12 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa BarbaraApplied 8 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa CruzApplied 8 · Admitted 4 · Enrolled under 3

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Each fall since 2017

  • Fall 2025Applied 31 · Admitted 23 · Enrolled 9
  • Fall 2024Applied 48 · Admitted 35 · Enrolled 18
  • Fall 2023Applied 30 · Admitted 23 · Enrolled 11
  • Fall 2022Applied 25 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled 8
  • Fall 2021Applied 41 · Admitted 32 · Enrolled 11
  • Fall 2020Applied 22 · Admitted 16 · Enrolled 10
  • Fall 2019Applied 13 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled 5
  • Fall 2018Applied 13 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled 4
  • Fall 2017Applied 23 · Admitted 16 · Enrolled 8

CSU’s own records

California State University

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
52
Admitted
52
Enrolled
13

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

Five years in each number, not one. CSU publishes campus counts only as five-year totals, so these aren’t comparable to the fall 2025 figures above or to UC’s one-fall campus bars.

  • San Francisco StateApplied 218 · Admitted 207 · Enrolled 32
  • Cal State East BayApplied 159 · Admitted 135 · Enrolled under 6
  • San José StateApplied 122 · Admitted 94 · Enrolled 12
  • Chico StateApplied 88 · Admitted 82 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Long BeachApplied 53 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled under 6
  • Sonoma StateApplied 50 · Admitted 46 · Enrolled under 6
  • San Diego StateApplied 48 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 48 · Admitted 16 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal Poly PomonaApplied 43 · Admitted 27 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fresno StateApplied 37 · Admitted 37 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State NorthridgeApplied 37 · Admitted 32 · Enrolled under 6
  • CSU BakersfieldApplied 30 · Admitted 26 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State LAApplied 20 · Admitted 19 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 17 · Admitted 16 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 10 · Admitted 9 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State Monterey BayApplied 9 · Admitted 9 · Enrolled —
  • Stanislaus StateApplied 7 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled —
  • CSU Channel IslandsApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State FullertonApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly Maritime AcademyApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State San BernardinoApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State San MarcosApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. CSU withholds counts under 6; a dash is unavailable. Students who reach CSU from a community college aren’t counted here. Source: CSU High School Success dashboard.

Each fall since 2021

  • Fall 2025Applied 52 · Admitted 52 · Enrolled 13
  • Fall 2024Applied 60 · Admitted 59 · Enrolled 16
  • Fall 2023Applied 61 · Admitted 58 · Enrolled 15
  • Fall 2022Applied 43 · Admitted 42 · Enrolled 9
  • Fall 2021Applied 49 · Admitted 48 · Enrolled 12

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

19 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average West Contra Costa Unified high school, 30 in 100 were. 3.8% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 116 of 623 students counted for it; suspension: 24 of 627 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average West Contra Costa Unified high school 3.9%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

19 in 100This school
30 in 100At the average West Contra Costa Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

116 of 623 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

3.8%

of students were suspended at least once (24 of 627). Average California high school 2.9%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grade 6: 12 in 100, 12 of 99
  • Grades 7–8: 9 in 100, 18 of 192
  • Grades 9–12: 26 in 100, 86 of 332
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino and low-income students here scored well above the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 66% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grade 11, spring 2026), against 49% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 64% in English, against 49% for the same group across California. Low-income students scored well below the same group across California in math.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grade 11; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory AcademySame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 69 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 64%Same group, California 49%
  • Low-incomeMath · 69 tested10%Same group, California 23%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 64 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 66%Same group, California 49%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 64 tested11%Same group, California 21%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 75%2. Black or African American: 9%3. Asian: 6%4. Not reported: 4%5. Two or more races: 2%Unallocated share: 4%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino75%
  2. Black or African American9%
  3. Asian6%
  4. Not reported4%
  5. Two or more races2%
  6. White—
  7. Filipino—
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  10. Unallocated share4%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. “Not reported” is different: it is a category in the state’s own count of students. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

45% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 42 of 94 English learners45%
West Contra Costa Unified · 2,057 of 5,59037%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

85%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 503 of 590. California: 63%.

24teachers, 2024–25

5 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

33%in their first year, 2024–25

55%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino and low-income students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs West Contra Costa Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 69 tested
English64%+3034%+1549%
Math10%−1020%−1323%
Hispanic or Latino · 64 tested
English66%+3432%+1749%
Math11%−819%−1021%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in West Contra Costa Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino75%
Black or African American9%
Asian6%
Not reported4%
Two or more races2%
White—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 55% of teaching positions, 15.6 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 28.5 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

Which schools feed into Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy, and how do I get in?

No assigned next school.

Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary
    16th · Needs Support · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
  2. Grades 6–12 · this school
    Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Aspire Richmond Technology Academy

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    16th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

How do I get in?

Ask Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: aspirepublicschools.org ↗Office: (510) 684-8900Administrator: Erica Ramirez
3040 Hilltop Mall Road, Richmond 94806

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

Questions for your visit

  1. How does the school check what’s working in math? Math: 16% in 2025 to 11% in 2026 here; California: 30% to 32%
  2. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. What did Grade Level Curriculum pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $47,000 less?
  5. What extra help do English learners get, and how do you know it’s working? 9% of English learners scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 6–8, spring 2026 (57 students tested); the same group across California: 7%
  6. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?

Office (510) 684-89003040 Hilltop Mall Road, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby high schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest high schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby high schoolsPercentile among California high schools, 2025

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #667 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #4 of 11 in West Contra Costa Unified
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate94%5925%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math13%4722%
Ready for college or career (state measure)81%7320%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math34%4918%
Chronically absent22 in 100555%
Suspension rate3.7% (23 of 618)505%
English learners: top level16%—5%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California high schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2024–25. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score, in the current-formula row below, uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2024–255755#667California high schools · 1,498 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2018–19not on filenot on file
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2412 in 1004.9% (30 of 613)
2024–2522 in 1003.7% (23 of 618)

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English35710%38%
2026 · Math3575%19%
2025 · English34710%31%
2025 · Math3446%17%
2024 · English3508%32%
2024 · Math3516%15%
2023 · English33812%34%
2023 · Math3364%11%
2022 · English34110%33%
2022 · Math3473%12%
2019 · English31112%40%
2019 · Math3149%22%
2018 · English3128%41%
2018 · Math3147%18%
2017 · English1719%34%
2017 · Math1713%25%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 6 · English9327%
2025 · Grade 7 · English9624%
2025 · Grade 8 · English9125%
2025 · Grade 11 · English6752%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math9322%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math9521%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math897%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math6716%
2024 · Grade 6 · English9220%
2024 · Grade 7 · English9430%
2024 · Grade 8 · English9629%
2024 · Grade 11 · English6854%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math9222%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math9412%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math9612%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math6913%
2023 · Grade 6 · English7918%
2023 · Grade 7 · English9225%
2023 · Grade 8 · English9032%
2023 · Grade 11 · English7764%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math8011%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math9016%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math909%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math769%
2022 · Grade 6 · English8826%
2022 · Grade 7 · English8939%
2022 · Grade 8 · English8323%
2022 · Grade 11 · English8146%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math9011%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math9019%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math856%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math8213%
2019 · Grade 6 · English8631%
2019 · Grade 7 · English9047%
2019 · Grade 8 · English8627%
2019 · Grade 11 · English4963%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math8820%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math9022%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math8723%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math4920%
2018 · Grade 6 · English8951%
2018 · Grade 7 · English8834%
2018 · Grade 8 · English8726%
2018 · Grade 11 · English4862%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math8921%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math8818%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math8817%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math4916%
2017 · Grade 6 · English3119%
2017 · Grade 7 · English2931%
2017 · Grade 8 · English5927%
2017 · Grade 11 · English5252%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math3113%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math2931%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math5937%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math5215%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide1731%17%65%17%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income30036%+10−5
Hispanic or Latino26737%+13−5
English learners (grades 6–8 only)579%+7+2
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−26267Minimal−23265Minimal
Low-income−27232Minimal−23230Minimal
Hispanic or Latino−27180Minimal−24178Minimal
English learners−29114Minimal−19113Moderate
English-only students−27107not categorized−18107not categorized
English learners only−2960not categorized−1559not categorized
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−2554not categorized−1654not categorized
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−2046Moderate−1345Moderate
Students with disabilities−5941Minimal−1541Moderate
Black or African American−3130Minimal−1730Moderate
Asian−1019Moderate+319Average
Two or more races−2212Minimal−1412Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−26 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 6–8

267 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, English: −26 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−23 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 6–8

265 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, math: −23 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 22 in 100 → 2025–26 · 19 in 100 · −3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.7% (23 of 618) → 2025–26 · 3.8% (24 of 627) · +0.1 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—20 in 100—
Male—18 in 100—
Asian—10 in 100—
Black or African American—27 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—19 in 100—
Two or more races—8 in 100—
Students with disabilities—31 in 100—
English learners—17 in 100—
Low-income—20 in 100—
All students—19 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students
MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 81% · numerator 59 students classified Prepared · denominator 73 CCI students.
California · CCI overall PreparedCDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · all students · overall Prepared rate 52% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP pathway rate 51% · AP-pathway numerator 30 · denominator 59 (CCI Prepared students). This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is the college-readiness factor in the Scope Score (20% of the high school score). The school rate is 59 of 73 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Graduation rate
94%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
51%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings
Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)
99%
A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-going rate
71%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A–G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

UC admissions, universitywidefall 2017–2025 · applied, admitted, enrolled, mean GPA · summed across CEEB codes
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledMean GPA (applied)Mean GPA (admitted)Mean GPA (enrolled)
2025312393.823.904.08
20244835183.663.813.96
20233023113.643.823.79
2022251583.623.784.01
20214132113.493.613.83
20202216103.453.493.62
201913853.523.783.99
2018131043.713.81—
2017231683.643.804.10

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. GPA is each group's mean weighted, capped high-school GPA for 10th/11th-grade college-preparatory courses. SchoolScope leaves GPA unavailable when several CEEB codes contribute rather than combining their means. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here. Complete, matching counts can support a historical descriptive rate, but do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances. Series shown from 2017.

UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file · each campus counted separately
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley20252665
Berkeley202434106
Berkeley20232375
Berkeley2022223under 3
Berkeley20212863
Davis202524123
Davis202440156
Davis20232373
Davis20222084
Davis202135105
Irvine2025133under 3
Irvine2024124under 3
Irvine202313under 3under 3
Irvine202211under 3under 3
Irvine202111under 3under 3
Los Angeles2025154under 3
Los Angeles202418under 3under 3
Los Angeles202316under 3under 3
Los Angeles202212under 3under 3
Los Angeles202120under 3under 3
Merced20251212under 3
Merced20242525under 3
Merced202312113
Merced202297under 3
Merced20213329under 3
Riverside20245under 3under 3
Riverside202397under 3
Riverside20216under 3under 3
San Diego2025156under 3
San Diego2024147under 3
San Diego2023105under 3
San Diego202254under 3
San Diego2021124under 3
Santa Barbara20258under 3under 3
Santa Barbara2024164under 3
Santa Barbara20238under 3under 3
Santa Cruz202584under 3
Santa Cruz20242013under 3
Santa Cruz2023167under 3
Santa Cruz2022105under 3
Santa Cruz20212410under 3
Universitywide202531239
Universitywide2024483518
Universitywide2023302311
Universitywide202225158
Universitywide2021413211

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. Campus totals are not interchangeable with Universitywide; students can apply to several campuses. Universitywide is separately reported; never derive it by adding campus rows. Universitywide applicant and admit counts are unduplicated. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here; these records do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances.

AP course catalog2025–26 · College Board course authorizations
SubjectAuthorization recorded for
Precalculusthis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offerednot reported
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollment (male/female)not reported
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections2
Physics sections16
Chemistry sections2
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)562

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California1013%
California State University2329%
California community college2126%
In-state private11%
Out-of-state, 4-year22%
Out-of-state, 2-year00%
Not enrolled2329%

80 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 71% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows above.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,242 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 27,383 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,102 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 55%Instruction support 12%Student services 11%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 5%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$282,708,28554.79%55%
Instruction support$62,800,88812.17%12%
Student services$58,968,07511.43%11%
Administration$34,426,7876.67%7%
Buildings & maintenance$51,790,59710.04%10%
Other$25,261,9554.90%5%
Total$515,956,588100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $515,956,588 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$15,242 per pupil
2020$13,839 per pupil
2019$14,231 per pupil
2018$12,364 per pupil
2017$11,254 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders10.1%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 94806 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94806 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$86,034
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)24%
ZIP-area population62,546
Median age36.7 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 94806 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2024–25 results, compared across 1,498 high schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · UC fall first-year source records — UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; the all-campus total is reported separately · AP courses the College Board approved, 2025–26 (approved to teach, not enrollment) · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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