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.

Student population quickly outgrew the facilities, and the campus became a collection of small, outlying buildings.

During the reconstruction, all classes were held in temporary buildings located south of the campus on the former baseball field.

[citation needed] El Cerrito's student body is 35.6% African-American, 23.7% Hispanic, 17.2% Asian, 16.7% Caucasian, and 2.5% Filipino.

[3] Many students come from the neighboring city of Richmond, which is also served by the West Contra Costa Unified School District.