Michelle Obama Elementary School

Michelle Obama Elementary School operates as a close-knit K-5 school in Newark, New Jersey, run under Newark Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 198 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Michelle Obama Elementary School sits 51% leaner than that benchmark.

Michelle Obama Elementary School is one of 65 schools operated by Newark Public School District, a district that educates 41,502 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Michelle Obama Elementary School lists that nearly all students (82%) are Black. Beyond that, the school records 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Michelle Obama Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 85% of students at Michelle Obama Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Essex County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Michelle Obama Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 19.4%; this one delivers 65.2%, a residual of +45.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,789, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Michelle Obama Elementary School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

The closest other public school is John F. Kennedy School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Michelle Obama Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Michelle Obama Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 13.8%.

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