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# Making Waves Academy

Making Waves Academy is a state-maintained secondary school in Richmond, United States with 1,103 pupils. As of 12 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Special Education Teacher (Mild/Moderate) – Specialized Academic Instruction (SAI) (closes 1 December).

Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. [1 live vacancy](https://eduatlas.org/#vacancies).

- **Type:** State-maintained, Secondary
- **Pupils:** 1,103
- **Sixth form:** Yes
- **School district:** Making Waves Academy District — [makingwavesacademy.org](http://www.makingwavesacademy.org/)
- **Location:** Richmond, 94806, United States
- **Telephone:** (510) 262-1511

## Vacancies (1)

- [Special Education Teacher (Mild/Moderate) – Specialized Academic Instruction (SAI)](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/2fgur82u5uj-special-education-teacher-mild-moderate-specialized-academic) · Closes 1 Dec · Full time

## Pupils and teachers

In 2024/25 the school was a charter school.

| Year | Pupils | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Free lunch |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024/25 | 1,078 | 56.0 | 19.3 | 80% |
| 2023/24 | 1,103 | 66.0 | 16.7 | 78% |
| 2022/23 | 1,124 | 68.0 | 16.5 | 84% |
| 2021/22 | 1,124 | 68.0 | 16.5 | 82% |
| 2020/21 | 1,084 | 61.0 | 17.8 | 70% |
| 2019/20 | 1,021 | – | – | 78% |

US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Teachers are full-time equivalent. Free lunch is the share of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Some states stopped reporting it, so recent years can be blank.

## Hiring history

8 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 7 teaching, 1 support. Most often advertised: Compliance and Assessment Administrator, English-Humanities-ELA Teacher, Math Teacher, Middle School. Last advertised July 2026.

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## Sources

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Page compiled 12 November 2026, 07:52 UTC. Also as [plain text](https://eduatlas.org/schools/making-waves-academy.md).

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