Invictus Academy Of Richmond

El Cerrito · Contra Costa County · Contra Costa County Office of Education · Public

Public Contra Costa County Contra Costa County Office of Education → ~62 seniors CDS 0710074…

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Almost all graduates leave eligible for UC and CSU. 100% finish the A-G courses California's universities require before a student can even apply — most California schools manage about 6 in 10.
Most grads aim beyond the UC system. Seniors file only ~0.8 UC applications each — families here mostly target CSU, private, or out-of-state colleges, so judge this school on more than its UC numbers.
Worth asking about: attendance. 49% of students are chronically absent — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement; absenteeism is usually the earliest warning light.

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How Invictus Academy Of Richmond compares for families

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SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

About half of students read and write at grade level — about the state norm.

About 1 in 4 students do math at grade level — about the state norm.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 60

45.0%

incl. 16.7% exceeded

-6.8 pts vs. Contra Costa County median (51.8%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 59

25.4%

incl. 3.4% exceeded

+2.4 pts above Contra Costa County median (23.0%) · CA median 21.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino 76% +4.6

Black / African Am. 10% -2.7

White 5% -1.1

Two or more 4%

Filipino 2%

Asian 1%

American Indian 1%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 78% +1.3

English learners 27% +2.6

Students w/ disabilities 17% +1.3

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

49% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

48.6%

141 of 290 students

Absenteeism is up 48.6 pp since 2020-21. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Contra Costa County median

22.1% · school is worse than 81% of 47 HS

Statewide median

22.8%

Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

78 (2019) → 399 (2026)

+411.5%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

61 (2024) → 57 (2026)

-6.6%

How does Invictus Academy Of Richmond really compare on getting kids to college?

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Contra Costa County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

81% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Mixed signal

Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating Contra Costa County (-6.6% vs. -11.7%), but 57 of 303 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 43.3% (up +30.1 pts from 2018-19) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-6.6% senior class, grade 12 (2024–2026)

-11.7% Contra Costa County baseline

+5.1pp gap vs. county

81.2% retention (county median 89.6%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2024

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

81.2%

246 of 303 students

57 of 303 students who enrolled at Invictus Academy Of Richmond this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (18.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Contra Costa County median

89.6% · school is in the 32nd percentile of 47 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 31st percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (370) 80.3%

Hispanic / Latino (341) 79.2%

English learners (135) 75.6%

Students w/ disabilities (84) 77.4%

Black / African Am. (58) 67.2%

White (21) 95.2%

Nearest peer high schools

John Henry High School 89.9% Summit Public School K2 92.8% Aims College Prep High School 93.9% Latitude 37.8 High School Merritt College 91.0% Arise High School 90.8%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Contra Costa County Office of Education (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue

$101.9M

-10.7% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$272,577

374 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 31.7%
Local: 60.2%
Federal: 8.1%

Instruction share

36.7%

of current spending · $67,868/pupil

Total revenue by year ($M)

Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Contra Costa County Office of Education as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

50 applications

In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · Contra Costa Co. Top 10% ≥ 271 · higher than 50% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

— / 50 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of — admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 62 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Most graduates leave here ready to apply to UC and CSU — almost all finish the required courses, versus about 6 in 10 statewide.

100%

55 of 55 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · +44.1 pp above · Contra Costa Co. 63.6%.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

403

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.69

UC Outcomes Trend — 2024–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	13	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.77	—^†
UCLA → Elite	11	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.63	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.77	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	9	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.62	—^†
UC Davis →	12	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.70	—^†

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

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Invictus Academy Of Richmond is a public high school in El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California with 62 seniors in the Class of 2025.

100% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).

Enrollment was 399 students in 2026, up 412% since 2019.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

What percentage of Invictus Academy Of Richmond graduates complete the A-G requirements? 100% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).

How many students attend Invictus Academy Of Richmond? Enrollment was 399 students in 2026, up 412% since 2019.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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