Summit Public School: Tamalpais
Charter · Grades 7–12 · 629 students
Making Waves Academy
4123 Lakeside Dr., Richmond, CA 94806
Grades
5–12
High
Students
1,078
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
19.2 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Making Waves Academy District
Contra Costa County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,321 California high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Making Waves Academy
Making Waves Academy is a charter high school in Richmond, California, serving grades 5–12. It is part of Making Waves Academy District. The school is located in a large suburb in Contra Costa County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 1,078 students were enrolled, with about 19.2 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical California high school (18.5 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Making Waves Academy District. Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 1,321 California high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 5–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 5–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 1,078 students
- Students per teacher
- 19.2 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 8
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Making Waves Academy District
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- Making Waves Academy District
- County
- Contra Costa County
- NCES school ID
- 060150212043
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.