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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED·NCES 063255005068
Michelle Obama Elementary
629 42nd st, Richmond, CA 94805 · (510) 231-1456 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
335 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 45% larger than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
19.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.2pp since 2014
Math
23.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.8% | 11.0% | 22.9% | 57.3% |
| Math | 11.1% | 12.8% | 26.1% | 50.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.8% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 20.6% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 24.4% |
| 2021-22 | 27.1% | 20.4% |
| 2018-19 | 30.9% | 20.4% |
| 2017-18 | 26.0% | 19.6% |
| 2016-17 | 33.9% | 19.7% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 15.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Michelle Obama Elementary
Michelle Obama Elementary's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle Obama Elementary this school | 431 | 77.7% | 23.0% |
| Decker Elementary Pomona | 437 | 76.4% | 29.6% |
| Hemlock Elementary Fontana | 426 | 78.6% | 37.1% |
| Central Elementary Rancho Cucamonga | 436 | 75.2% | 34.8% |
| Mint Canyon Community Elementary Canyon Country | 472 | 79.2% | 41.3% |
| Cinnamon Elementary Lemoore | 454 | 80.6% | 40.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Michelle Obama Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #4,286 of 5,151 | #106 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #3,889 of 5,172 ▲ 214 | #106 of 153 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #4,851 of 5,172 ▼ 863 | #130 of 153 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.8pp | #1,278 of 5,116 | #49 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #3,273 of 5,915 | #107 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,460 of 5,352 | #73 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #2,926 of 5,354 | #133 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.7% | #2,389 of 5,625 | #32 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #1,101 of 1,139 | #42 of 42 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
431
+55 (+15%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 23.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 431 | 19.3 | 22.3:1 | 78% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 19 | 23.5:1 | 78% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 18 | 23.9:1 | 59% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 16 | 23.5:1 | 86% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 17.4 | 24.7:1 | 89% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 20 | 24.8:1 | 88% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 586 | N/A | N/A | 76% (448) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 28 | 19.4:1 | 78% (422) |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 21 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Michelle Obama Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (429 to 431); teachers up 11% (17.4 to 19.3).
About Michelle Obama Elementary
Michelle Obama Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in California, located in Richmond. The school enrolls 431 students in kindergarten through 6.
West Contra Costa Unified enrolls 25,133 students, and its 52 schools include Michelle Obama Elementary.
The student body at Michelle Obama Elementary is 71% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 9% Asian, 7% Black, 7% White, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Contra Costa County, the Hispanic share is about 28%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 48%.
A staff of 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 22.3:1. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. By family income, 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 33 points above the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County.
Michelle Obama Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of California public elementary schools.
Michelle Obama Elementary scores 23.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 34.0%.
The school's county is Contra Costa County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 280 public schools in the county, enrolling about 167,423, Michelle Obama Elementary among them.
Michelle Obama Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Manzanita Middle, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 13.9% on proficiency, and Michelle Obama Elementary is above that at 23.0%.
NCES assigns Michelle Obama Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 55 students, from 376 to 431. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 22.3:1, from 23.5:1.
Michelle Obama Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Contra Costa Unified
- El Cerrito HighHigh · 1,460 students
- Richmond HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Pinole Valley HighHigh · 1,245 students
- De Anza HighHigh · 1,047 students
- Hercules HighHigh · 767 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 740 students
Other schools in Richmond
- Richmond HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Making Waves AcademyHigh · 1,078 students
- De Anza HighHigh · 1,047 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 740 students
- Summit Public School: TamalpaisHigh · 629 students
- Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory AcademyHigh · 590 students
Other Michelle Obama Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Michelle Obama Elementary. Michelle Obama Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Michelle Obama ElementaryPanorama City, CA · 570 students
- Michelle Obama Elementary SchoolNewark, NJ · 198 students
Nearby schools
- Manzanita Middle0.5 mi · 92
- Lovonya DeJean Middle0.6 mi · 381
- Stege Elementary0.6 mi · 225
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary0.7 mi · 375
- Mira Vista Elementary0.8 mi · 510
- Voices College-Bound Language Acad at W. Contra Costa Co0.8 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Michelle Obama ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Michelle Obama Elementary?
Michelle Obama Elementary enrolls approximately 431 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Michelle Obama Elementary serve?
Michelle Obama Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Michelle Obama Elementary have?
Michelle Obama Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Michelle Obama Elementary?
Student demographics at Michelle Obama Elementary are roughly 7% White, 71% Hispanic, 7% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Michelle Obama Elementary public or private?
Michelle Obama Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Contra Costa Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.