| Definition of Terms |
El Cerrito Senior High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Contra Costa County, CA |
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| Total Students |
1363 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
50% /
50% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
58 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 302 students | | Grade 10 - 378 students | | Grade 11 - 350 students | | Grade 12 - 333 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:24 |
1:23 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
3% |
| % Asian |
20% |
8% |
| % Hispanic |
15% |
39% |
| % Black |
42% |
9% |
| % White |
21% |
36% |
| % Unknown |
2 % |
5% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
17% |
30% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
6% |
7% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
3% |
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| School District Name |
West Contra Costa Unified School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
64 |
7 |
| Number of Students Managed |
32,505 students |
3,960 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$338,673,000 |
$37,604,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$425,711,000 |
$39,520,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$10,419 |
$9,496 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$13,097 |
$9,980 |
| District Graduation Rates |
n/a |
n/a |
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- El Cerrito High School is a public school in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. It is located at 540 Ashbury Avenue, El Cerrito, California 94530
- Overview
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The main school building was built in the late 1930s as a WPA project. The school opened to students on January 6, 1941.
- Student population quickly outgrew the facilities, and the campus became a collection of small, outlying buildings. Concern grew over the buildings becoming physically unsafe and in a state of decay. Plans were made for more integrated buildings and, in the summer of 2005, demolition of the old campus began. In 2007, the campus was demolished, and the terrain was leveled in preparation for reconstruction. During the reconstruction, all classes were held in temporary buildings located south of the campus in the former baseball field. The new campus opened January 5, 2009.
- El Cerrito high school’s profile of students by race is: 43% African-American, 23.5% Hispanic, 18% Caucasian, 13% Asian, and 2.5% Filipino according the high school’s own handout that is inserted when the guidance office sends out transcripts. Many of these students are actually mixed race making El Cerrito a very diverse high school. The same document states that almost sixty percent of students are low income and qualify for the federal school lunch program. Many El Cerrito students come from the neighboring city of Richmond which is also in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. In 2003 and 2005 the Morgan Quitno social research group's annual study showed that on a per-capita basis Richmond was California’s “most dangerous city”, beating out other hopefuls Compton and Oakland. Also, two years in a row it was the eleventh most violent city in the United States. The ranking is based on six violent crimes including murder, rape, and aggravated assault. (See http://www.morganquitno.com/ cit05pop.htm0)
- Top El Cerrito students regularly get into elite universities. From the graduating class of 2009 for instance students will be going to Stanford, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UC San Diego among others.
- Notable attendees
- Athletics
- Les Cain, Detroit Tigers pitcher 1968, 1970-1972
- Drew Gooden, basketball
- Cornell Green, Dallas Cowboys defensive back 1962-1974 (and Pumpsie's brother)
- Pumpsie Green, Boston Red Sox 1959-1962; New York Mets 1963 (and Cornell's brother)
- Ernie Broglio
- Larry Plantz, University of Colorado halfback 1965-1967; selected #326 (12th round) of combined NFL-AFL 1968 draft by the Oakland Raiders; did not play in the NFL
- Jamir Miller, NFL linebacker 1994-2001
- Chris Robertson name links to the page on an Australian squash player
- Harvey Salem, NFL offensive lineman 1983-1992
- Todd Spencer, running back; USC, NFL 1984-1985, 1987
- Lamont Thompson, NFL defensive safety 2002-2007
- Roddy Lee
- Bill Nelson , Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle 1971-1975
- Kyle Bunthuwong, gymnastics
- Jason Jones
- Rod Jones
- Andy Hsu
- Jerry Bell
- Entertainment
- Maria Remenyi, former Miss USA
- Adam Sessler, host of G4's X-Play
- Jon Devoto, guitarist of Oakland-based rock band the Matches
- Dennis "Sexual Chocolate" Djan - KMEL Talent, Market St. Cinema Host
- Stephen Bradley touring member of the band No Doubt and music producer
- Phil Lesh of Grateful Dead.
- The following members of the band Creedence Clearwater Revival attended El Cerrito from 1959-1963:
- Doug Clifford
- Stu Cook
- John Fogerty
- Tom Fogerty
- Business
- Martin Eberhard, Founder of Tesla Motors
- Christian Chambers, Founder of SDMSTYLE Urban Lifestyle Company
- Academia
- Amy Chua, law professor at Yale Law School
- Susan L Forsburg, professor of molecular & computational biology at the University of Southern California
- Constance Cannon Jones, psychology professor at California State University, Fresno
- External links and references
- El Cerrito High School
- City newsletter
- "Junior champion needs precise pommel routine"
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| About This Zip Code (94530) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
23,121 people |
33,115,272 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
62% |
32% |
| Population Average Age |
43 years old
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32 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.3 persons
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2.9 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$56,905
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$48,909 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
5.1 rooms |
4.8 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
54 years old |
39 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
61% / 39% |
58% / 42% |
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