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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED·NCES 063255005044
Mira Vista Elementary
6397 Hazel Ave., Richmond, CA 94805 · (510) 231-1416 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
20.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
292 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 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 170% larger than its 8th grade class (30).
Student demographics
73%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
40.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.9pp since 2014
Math
33.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.1% | 20.8% | 21.4% | 37.7% |
| Math | 15.2% | 18.0% | 23.8% | 43.0% |
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 | 40.9% | 33.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 31.5% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 30.8% |
| 2021-22 | 38.4% | 29.0% |
| 2018-19 | 39.8% | 34.2% |
| 2017-18 | 45.3% | 34.5% |
| 2016-17 | 44.0% | 32.4% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Mira Vista Elementary
Mira Vista Elementary's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mira Vista Elementary this school | 510 | 57.3% | 37.6% |
| Foster Elementary San Diego | 518 | 59.3% | 34.2% |
| George C. Marshall Elementary Seaside | 516 | 55.4% | 36.9% |
| Marsh Creek Elementary Brentwood | 550 | 52.4% | 46.4% |
| Hamilton Elementary Pasadena | 510 | 52.2% | 59.0% |
| Golden Empire Elementary Sacramento | 438 | 62.3% | 42.6% |
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 Mira Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #2,706 of 5,151 | #80 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #2,904 of 5,172 ▲ 23 | #86 of 153 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #2,842 of 5,172 ▼ 346 | #87 of 153 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #2,191 of 5,116 | #47 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #2,311 of 5,915 | #59 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,321 of 5,352 | #28 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #253 of 5,354 | #22 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.3% | #3,594 of 5,625 | #69 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #2,606 of 3,837 | #65 of 107 |
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
510
-95 (-16%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 510 | 24.6 | 20.7:1 | 57% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 26.5 | 17.9:1 | 62% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 26.8 | 19.1:1 | 47% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 26 | 23.3:1 | 60% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 25.6 | 22.3:1 | 58% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 24 | 22.1:1 | 55% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | N/A | N/A | 63% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 18 | 22.4:1 | 47% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 458 | 24 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mira Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (571 to 510); teachers down 4% (25.6 to 24.6).
About Mira Vista Elementary
Mira Vista Elementary is an elementary school in Richmond, California, and it is part of West Contra Costa Unified. It reported 510 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25.
West Contra Costa Unified has 25,133 students spread across 52 schools.
The student body at Mira Vista Elementary has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 41%. Other groups include 24% White, 14% multiracial, 11% Asian, and 10% Black. The county population is about 28% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
Mira Vista Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1, with 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 57% at Mira Vista Elementary. Compared with the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County, the school's rate is higher.
Mira Vista Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of California public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mira Vista Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 37.6% actual against 46.0% predicted.
The school is in Contra Costa County, where the median household earns about $127,229 a year, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Mira Vista Elementary shares Contra Costa County with 279 other public schools.
Michelle Obama Elementary sits about 0.8 miles from Mira Vista Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Mira Vista Elementary places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Mira Vista Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 605 to 510, a 16% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.7:1) than in 2020-21 (23.3:1).
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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
Nearby schools
- Michelle Obama Elementary0.8 mi · 431
- Summit Public School K21.0 mi · 554
- Riverside Elementary1.0 mi · 343
- Madera Elementary1.2 mi · 457
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary1.3 mi · 375
- Manzanita Middle1.3 mi · 92
Frequently asked questions
About Mira Vista ElementaryHow large is Mira Vista Elementary?
Mira Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 510 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Mira Vista Elementary serve?
Mira Vista Elementary serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mira Vista Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mira Vista Elementary is approximately 20.7:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mira Vista Elementary?
Student demographics at Mira Vista Elementary are roughly 24% White, 41% Hispanic, 10% Black, 11% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Mira Vista Elementary public or private?
Mira Vista 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.