El Cerrito High School
| El Cerrito High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
540 Ashbury Avenue , | |
| Coordinates | 37°54′31″N 122°17′43″W / 37.90861°N 122.29528°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1941 |
| School district | West Contra Costa Unified School District |
| Principal | Stacy Wayne |
| Teaching staff | 60.81 FTEs |
| Grades | 9th–12th |
| Enrollment | 1,460 (2024–2025) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 24.01 |
| Colors | Green and white |
| Mascot | Gauchos (Gauchos in Spanish) |
| Website | ecgauchos |
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 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,476 students and 66.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 22.36:1. There were 480 students (32.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 104 (7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.