Michelle Obama Elementary

Set in Richmond, California, Michelle Obama Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, run under West Contra Costa Unified. It serves 431 students across grades K through 6.

Across the 52 schools in West Contra Costa Unified (25,133 students total), Michelle Obama Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Michelle Obama Elementary logs that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 9% Asian, 7% Black, 7% White, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, On paper, Michelle Obama Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Michelle Obama Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.2%; this one delivers 24.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Contra Costa County shows median household income runs about $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Michelle Obama Elementary is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students).

The closest other public school is Manzanita Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Michelle Obama Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 14.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 429 students in 2018 compared to 431 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 66% to 71%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 in 2025.

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