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Richmond, California - 1 schools
An equity score of 31/100 ranks Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District #1223 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,402 per pupil, Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District ranks #1533 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
556
Total Enrollment
1
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$12,402
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District operates 1 public schools serving 556 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Contra Costa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,402 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 22.9% local, 55.6% state, and 21.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 31/100, ranked #1223 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 546:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, . Demographically, the student body averages 95.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American, 0.4% White across the district's schools.
Leadership Public Schools: Richmond accounts for 98.2% of all Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District a distant remainder — means Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 55.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District student-counselor ratio is 546:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District?
Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 556 students.
How much does Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District spend per student?
Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District spends $12,402 per student. The district has an equity score of 31/100, ranking #1223 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District?
Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District students are 95.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American, 0.4% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District?
Leadership Public Schools: Richmond District has an equity score of 31/100, ranking #1223 out of 1517 districts in California.