Mira Vista Elementary

Mira Vista Elementary is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in Richmond, California, overseen by West Contra Costa Unified, works with 510 students in grades K through 8.

Mira Vista Elementary is one of 52 schools operated by West Contra Costa Unified, a district that instructs 25,133 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Mira Vista Elementary logs that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% White, 14% multiracial, 11% Asian, 10% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mira Vista Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mira Vista Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Contra Costa County) shows that median household earnings sit near $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Mira Vista Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Michelle Obama Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mira Vista Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 571 students in 2018 compared to 510 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 19% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 in 2025.

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