El Cerrito High School

El Cerrito High School
Address
540 Ashbury Avenue

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Coordinates37°54′31″N 122°17′43″W / 37.90861°N 122.29528°W / 37.90861; -122.29528
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1941-01-06
School districtWest Contra Costa Unified School District
PrincipalMalcolm Norrington
Teaching staff66.00 FTEs
Grades9th - 12th
Enrollment1,476 (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio22.36
Color(s)Green and white    
MascotGauchos (Gauchos in Spanish)
WebsiteEl Cerrito High School website

El Cerrito High School is a four-year public high school in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. It is located on Ashbury Avenue in El Cerrito, California, United States and serves students from El Cerrito, a portion of eastern Richmond (east of Interstate 80 and south of San Pablo Dam Road) and the unincorporated communities of East Richmond Heights and Kensington.

As of the 2021-22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,570 students and 68.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 22.8:1. There were 481 students (30.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 42 (2.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.