Leadership Public Schools: Richmond: This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.
Leadership Public Schools: Richmond posts 45% meeting the standard against 36% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.
Leadership Public Schools: Richmond scores 49 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 60th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “45% proficient” and call it done. Leadership Public Schools: Richmond deserves a closer read. The school sits in Richmond, where three in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Leadership Public Schools: Richmond's low-income kids hit 59.8% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
As a charter, Leadership Public Schools: Richmond enrolls by application, not address — the score reads the same, the enrollment path doesn't.
Leadership Public Schools: Richmond's most underrated number
59.8% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 4 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
Your other options
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 44
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 43
Nearby Middle Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 39
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
3 more gaps by subject
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Sources: CDE SARC · CDE College/Career Indicator, 2024-25
Frequently asked questions
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For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 122 | 20% | 36% | 30% | 15% | 56% | +9 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 120 | 10% | 24% | 28% | 38% | 34% | +11 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 103 | 1% | 9% | 74% | 17% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 87 | 59.8% | +36 | +22 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 115 | 54.8% | +33 | +16 |
| English Learners | 24 | 12.5% | +8 | +2 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership Public Schools: Richmond ← | — | 49 | 14.8% | 45.0% | — | 2.8% |
| Middle College High | 2.6 mi | 59 | 34.8% | 76.8% | — | 0.7% |
| John Henry High | 1.5 mi | 44 | 10.8% | 30.7% | — | 6.5% |
| Richmond High | 1.4 mi | 29 | 7.0% | 24.1% | — | 12.4% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |