El Cerrito High School

El Cerrito High School
Location
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
School districtWest Contra Costa Unified School District
PrincipalStacy Wayne
Teaching staff60.81 FTEs
Grades9th–12th
Enrollment1,460 (2024–2025)
Student to teacher ratio24.01
ColorsGreen and white    
MascotGauchos (Gauchos in Spanish)
Websiteecgauchos.wccusd.net

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.