Greenwood Academy

Summary:

Greenwood Academy is a public high school located in Richmond, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 218 students. The school is part of the West Contra Costa Unified School District, which is ranked 1129 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Greenwood Academy consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of California high schools, with a statewide ranking between 1875 and 2240 out of around 2,300 schools over the past 10 years. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly below the state and district averages, with only 2.06% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 55.73% statewide and 41.2% in the district. In mathematics, 0% of Greenwood Academy's 11th-grade students were proficient or better, compared to 27.9% statewide and 17.06% in the district. The school's graduation rates have ranged from 36.5% to 75.5% over the past 5 years, and its dropout rates have been high, ranging from 8.8% to 17.4% during the same period. Greenwood Academy has also struggled with extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 28.9% to 78.5% over the past 5 years.

Greenwood Academy's academic performance is significantly lower than the nearby high schools, such as El Cerrito High, Middle College High, and Richmond High, which all have higher test scores, graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism. For example, in 2023-2024, 52.41% of 11th-grade students at El Cerrito High were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to only 2.06% at Greenwood Academy. Middle College High, a public charter school, stands out with exceptional performance, ranking in the top 5% of California high schools and having a 98.6% four-year graduation rate.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 831 Chanslor Ave.
       Richmond, CA  94801-3533


(510) 231-1402

District: West Contra Costa Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2240th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,413 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  15.3 Help
Number of students:  260

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
56.9%
African American:
26.2%
White:
8.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  81.9% Help


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Compare Details Greenwood Academy ranks worse than 96.4% of high schools in California. It also ranks last among 8 ranked high schools in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 7.15. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Greenwood Academy who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Greenwood Academy has the smallest high school student body size in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (56.9%), African American (26.2%), White (8.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 81.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Greenwood Academy is 15.3, which is the lowest among 8 high schools in the West Contra Costa Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Greenwood Academy is $10,413, which is the highest among 8 high schools in the West Contra Costa Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Greenwood Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Greenwood Academy 2240th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Greenwood Academy in the ranking list.)

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West Contra Costa Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks West Contra Costa Unified 1129th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Greenwood Academy

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Rank History for all students at Greenwood Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 12.22 1582nd 1653 4.3%
2005 11.29 1691st 1901 11.0%
2006 11.25 1748th 1968 11.2%
2007 15.97 1669th 2063 19.1%
2008 13.91 1794th 2117 15.3%
2009 26.05 1575th 2238 29.6%
2010 14.42 1852nd 2281 18.8%
2011 11.04 2012th 2367 15.0%
2012 9.20 2036th 2354 13.5%
2013 8.93 2113th 2426 12.9%
2015 7.63 1978th 1994 0.8%
2016 8.61 1980th 2039 2.9%
2017 9.63 1875th 2021 7.2%
2018 9.83 1893rd 2017 6.1%
2019 10.86 1991st 2133 6.7%
2022 11.42 1980th 2123 6.7%
2023 8.32 2185th 2348 6.9%
2024 7.15 2240th 2323 3.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Greenwood Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.36 887th 938 5.4%
2019 31.23 716th 941 23.9%
2022 51.27 310th 1044 70.3%
2023 24.41 1062nd 1323 19.7%
2024 26.49 989th 1350 26.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Greenwood Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 17.97 1435th 1547 7.2%
2024 16.48 1445th 1534 5.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Greenwood Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.17 1736th 1862 6.8%
2019 10.09 1859th 1937 4.0%
2022 11.48 1826th 1943 6.0%
2023 8.61 2082nd 2247 7.3%
2024 7.24 2153rd 2235 3.7%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Greenwood Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 12.62 417th 451 7.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Greenwood Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.53 1687th 1760 4.1%
2019 9.79 1699th 1833 7.3%
2022 9.97 1747th 1858 6.0%
2023 8.69 1968th 2118 7.1%
2024 6.80 2031st 2098 3.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Greenwood Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.56 1034th 1052 1.7%
2019 22.74 953rd 1117 14.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Greenwood Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.91 1708th 1834 6.9%
2019 10.27 1765th 1880 6.1%
2022 11.27 1788th 1916 6.7%
2023 7.64 2089th 2207 5.3%
2024 7.19 2080th 2172 4.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Greenwood Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.85 513th 582 11.9%
2019 12.61 552nd 592 6.8%
2022 11.38 506th 522 3.1%
2023 12.89 666th 720 7.5%
2024 10.38 694th 721 3.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Greenwood Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.57 1631st 1742 6.4%
2019 11.03 1675th 1814 7.7%
2022 11.93 1706th 1861 8.3%
2023 8.19 1997th 2142 6.8%
2024 6.97 2038th 2125 4.1%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Greenwood Academy

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 92 256 7 58 0 n/a n/a 0 413
1989 167 360 9 74 0 n/a n/a 0 610
1990 25 355 8 41 2 n/a n/a 0 431
1991 4 130 6 13 0 n/a n/a 0 153
1992 3 124 4 11 0 n/a n/a 0 142
1993 2 117 6 14 0 n/a n/a 0 139
1994 1 100 9 11 1 n/a n/a 0 122
1995 6 136 14 26 1 n/a n/a 0 183
1996 6 136 14 26 1 n/a n/a 0 183
1997 4 110 16 34 0 n/a n/a 0 164
1998 6 100 17 42 0 n/a n/a 0 165
1999 4 96 20 45 0 n/a n/a 0 165
2000 6 92 19 34 0 n/a n/a 0 151
2001 11 97 25 42 0 n/a n/a 2 177
2002 9 111 30 40 0 n/a n/a 1 191
2003 9 111 30 40 0 n/a n/a 1 191
2004 2 74 8 31 0 n/a n/a 0 115
2005 8 96 7 35 0 n/a n/a 0 146
2006 13 143 16 99 3 n/a n/a 3 277
2007 13 130 21 115 1 n/a n/a 5 285
2008 3 78 18 109 2 n/a n/a 0 210
2009 3 94 7 122 0 2 3 0 231
2010 1 56 5 58 1 0 0 0 121
2011 1 37 2 57 0 0 18 0 115
2012 4 72 5 101 0 2 0 0 184
2013 8 70 2 111 1 0 1 0 193
2014 2 56 3 90 0 0 2 0 153
2015 15 84 14 141 1 3 3 0 261
2016 15 119 12 203 1 1 5 0 356
2017 24 99 17 197 1 1 6 0 345
2018 22 86 17 225 1 2 5 0 358
2019 12 64 23 204 1 3 6 0 313
2020 20 57 17 188 0 2 4 0 288
2021 18 64 21 188 0 0 5 0 296
2022 10 44 10 137 0 2 4 0 207
2023 18 52 15 123 0 1 8 1 218
2024 22 68 15 148 0 1 6 0 260

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Greenwood Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 413 19.0 21.7 n/a
1989 610 21.5 28.3 n/a
1990 431 16.4 26.2 n/a
1991 153 9.6 15.9 n/a
1992 142 9.8 14.4 n/a
1993 139 6.4 21.7 0
1994 122 8.0 15.3 0
1995 183 8.0 22.9 0
1996 183 8.0 22.9 0
1997 164 10.0 16.4 0
1998 165 8.0 20.6 0
1999 165 9.5 17.4 0
2000 151 11.4 13.2 0
2001 177 11.0 16.1 61.1
2002 191 10.2 18.7 36.8
2003 191 10.2 18.7 36.8
2004 115 10.2 11.3 0
2005 146 10.6 13.8 68.5
2006 277 11.5 24.1 36.9
2007 285 11.2 25.4 33.2
2008 210 13.0 16.2 79
2009 231 11.2 17.5 71
2010 121 12.0 10.0 78.5
2011 115 n/a n/a 97.4
2012 184 10.0 18.4 n/a
2013 193 10.1 19.1 76.2
2014 153 8.8 17.3 95.4
2015 261 7.0 37.2 68.2
2016 356 13.0 27.3 80.9
2017 345 13.6 25.3 76.8
2018 358 15.2 23.5 77.7
2019 313 12.4 25.2 75.1
2020 288 n/a n/a 79.5
2021 296 14.0 21.1 82.8
2022 207 14.8 13.9 67.1
2023 218 14.0 15.4 74.8
2024 260 16.9 15.3 81.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Greenwood Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 413 19.0 21.7 n/a
1989 610 21.5 28.3 n/a
1990 431 16.4 26.2 n/a
1991 153 9.6 15.9 n/a
1992 142 9.8 14.4 n/a
1993 139 6.4 21.7 0
1994 122 8.0 15.3 0
1995 183 8.0 22.9 0
1996 183 8.0 22.9 0
1997 164 10.0 16.4 0
1998 165 8.0 20.6 0
1999 165 9.5 17.4 0
2000 151 11.4 13.2 0
2001 177 11.0 16.1 61.1
2002 191 10.2 18.7 36.8
2003 191 10.2 18.7 36.8
2004 115 10.2 11.3 0
2005 146 10.6 13.8 68.5
2006 277 11.5 24.1 36.9
2007 285 11.2 25.4 33.2
2008 210 13.0 16.2 79
2009 231 11.2 17.5 71
2010 121 12.0 10.0 78.5
2011 115 n/a n/a 97.4
2012 184 10.0 18.4 n/a
2013 193 10.1 19.1 76.2
2014 153 8.8 17.3 95.4
2015 261 7.0 37.2 68.2
2016 356 13.0 27.3 80.9
2017 345 13.6 25.3 76.8
2018 358 15.2 23.5 77.7
2019 313 12.4 25.2 75.1
2020 288 n/a n/a 79.5
2021 296 14.0 21.1 82.8
2022 207 14.8 13.9 67.1
2023 218 14.0 15.4 74.8
2024 260 16.9 15.3 81.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Greenwood Academy

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $10,413

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Greenwood Academy

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1991st of 2133 High schoolsRanks 2185th of 2348 High schools
 0.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Greenwood Academy)4.26.1
 1.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (West Contra Costa Unified)41.449.1
 7.7%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Greenwood Academy)00
   11th Grade Mathematics (West Contra Costa Unified)19.417.6
 1.7%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Greenwood Academy)0.81
 0.2%
   11th Grade Science (West Contra Costa Unified)18.223.9
 5.6%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Greenwood Academy)1.41.9
 0.5%
   12th Grade Science (West Contra Costa Unified)13.423.8
 10.4%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students313218
 30.4%
African American6452
 18.8%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian2315
 34.8%
Hispanic204123
 39.7%
Pacific Islander31
 66.7%
White1218
 50%
Two or More Races68
 33.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients75.1%74.8%
 0.3%


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Students at Greenwood Academy are 57% Hispanic, 26% African American, 8% White, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

In the 2023-24 school year, 260 students attended Greenwood Academy.

Greenwood Academy ranks in the bottom 3.6% of California high schools.


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