Public schools in Antioch, CA

Antioch has 28 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 5 high, 4 middle, 17 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 15,422 students. They are run by 5 districts and agencies; Antioch Unified runs 24 of them.

The 5 districts and agencies that run Antioch's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in AntiochDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Antioch Unified2415,192$17,751
Rocketship Delta Prep District1573$17,192
Antioch Charter Academy II District1202$13,550
Antioch Charter Academy District1204$12,667
Contra Costa County Office of Education1329not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

5 high schools in Antioch, 4,546 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Antioch, 2,873 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Park Middle1,05522.279.4%Antioch Unified
Dallas Ranch Middle79523.967.7%Antioch Unified
Antioch Middle66521.586.5%Antioch Unified
Black Diamond Middle35821.371.2%Antioch Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

17 elementary schools in Antioch, 7,583 students

The other 7 elementary schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 other schools in Antioch, 420 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Prospects High (Alternative)30413.876.0%Antioch Unified
CCCOE Special Education Programs1167.733.6%Contra Costa County Office of Education

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Antioch's public schools compare with California's

The median Antioch school has 21.0 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 480 students (state 471).

Antioch against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
AntiochCalifornia
Median students per teacher21.021.6
Median school size (students)480471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)96%74%
Charter schools11%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 28 Antioch schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Antioch

  1. Antioch UnifiedRuns 24 of Antioch's 28 public schools and spent $17,751 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,751
  2. Deer Valley High, the largest high school in Antioch1,812 students in 2024-25, 23.1 per teacher.1,812
  3. Compare Antioch Unified with Rocketship Delta Prep DistrictAntioch's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for an Antioch addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Antioch

  1. How many public schools are in Antioch, CA?
    28 public schools with an address in Antioch were open in 2024-25: 5 high, 4 middle, 17 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 15,422 students. 3 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Antioch?
    Deer Valley High, with 1,812 students in 2024-25 (Antioch Unified).
  3. Which districts run Antioch's schools?
    Antioch Unified (24 schools), Rocketship Delta Prep District (1 school), Antioch Charter Academy II District (1 school), Antioch Charter Academy District (1 school), and 1 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25