Editing Brentwood, California (section)

==Education==

===Public schools===
Almost all of the city is in the [[Brentwood Union School District]] (BUSD),<!--ELM 05910--> while a small portion is in [[Knightsen Elementary School District]].<!--ELM 20040--> All of it is in [[Liberty Union High School District]] (LUHSD).<!--SEC 21600--><ref name=SDMap2020>{{cite map|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06013_contra_costa/DC20SD_C06013.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Contra Costa County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|place=[[Suitland, Maryland]]|access-date=2025-01-24}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06013_contra_costa/DC20SD_C06013_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

BUSD and LUHSD combined have 9 elementary(+1 digital academy), 3 middle(Bristow Middle School, Edna Hill Middle School, and Adams Middle School), and 4 high schools([[Independence High School (Brentwood, California)|Independence High School]], [[Liberty High School (Brentwood, California)|Liberty High School]], [[La Paloma High School (Brentwood, California)|La Paloma High School]], and [[Heritage High School (Brentwood, California)|Heritage High School]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=BRENTWOOD UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT |url=https://www.brentwood.k12.ca.us/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.brentwood.k12.ca.us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Liberty Union High School District / Overview |url=https://ca01001129.schoolwires.net/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=ca01001129.schoolwires.net |language=en}}</ref>

The Brentwood Union School District runs on a modified traditional school calendar. The Brentwood Union School District has many schools designated as a [[California Distinguished School]]. Approximately five percent of California schools are awarded this honor.

Heritage High School includes a full range of [[Advanced Placement]] courses and the highest [[Academic Performance Index (California public schools)]](API) score in the area, stellar performing arts programs, and championship athletic teams. Heritage is also a solar school. The 2.38&nbsp;kW photovoltaic project installed at Heritage High School is designed to demonstrate the benefits and opportunities created by [[renewable energy]] technology and provide a powerful learning tool for both students and the community.

===Community college===
[[Los Medanos College]] began operating a satellite facility (Brentwood Center) at 101 Sand Creek Road in the city.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eastbaytimes.newsbank.com/doc/news/1064A01898187C2B|date=September 14, 2001|title=Los Meadows College opens in former store|newspaper=Brentwood News|publisher=[[Knight Ridder]]|access-date=May 2, 2025}}</ref> The existing center has outgrown its limited space in a former [[Lucky Stores|Lucky]] grocery store, where it has no room for expansion.<ref>[http://www.losmedanos.edu/brentwood/default.asp Losmedanos.edu: Los Medanos College—Brentwood Center website]; accessed August 4, 2010.</ref> The Brentwood Center acquired property in the southwest part of the city, where it plans built a new {{convert|18|acre|ha}} campus that opened in 2021.<ref>[http://www.losmedanos.edu/news/brentwood.asp Enos, Brenna. "Expanded Los Medanos Brentwood Campus a Go." Los Medanos College. November 4, 2016.] Accessed March 11, 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.losmedanos.edu/brentwood/map.aspx#:~:text=The%20Los%20Medanos%20College%20Brentwood,and%20over%2055%2C000%20square%20feet | title=Brentwood Center - map }}</ref>

===Public library===
The temporary Brentwood branch of the [[Contra Costa County Library]], located at 104 Oak Street, across from the Civic Center and City Park, was razed early in 2017, along with two other city-owned buildings at 118 and 120 Oak Street to be replaced by the long-awaited new Brentwood branch library. The Brentwood City Council approved the design for the new {{convert|20000|sqft|m2}} facility in September 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brentwoodca.gov/residents/library_expansion_project/default.asp|title=City of Brentwood, CA - Library Expansion Project|access-date=January 14, 2021|archive-date=September 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922054700/http://www.brentwoodca.gov/residents/library_expansion_project/default.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> The facility was completed in 2018, and serves a population of more than 50,000. The library collection includes materials in both Spanish and English. It also offers a wide variety of media, including DVDs, CDs, and audiobooks, as well as a large print collection. The library offers a number of programs for all ages, including storytimes for babies and toddlers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ccclib.org/about-brentwood-library|title = About Brentwood Library}}</ref>