📍 2500 Rd. 20, San Pablo, Contra Costa County, 94806
Helms Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in San Pablo, Contra Costa County. The school has 591 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Katherine Marroquin. It is part of the West Contra Costa Unified school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
Helms Middle enrolls 591 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Hispanic or Latino, 7.3% Black or African American and 6.1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 488 | 83% |
| Black or African American | 43 | 7.3% |
| Asian | 36 | 6.1% |
| White | 15 | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
376 of the school's 591 students (64%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Helms Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Helms Middle is one of 54 schools in West Contra Costa Unified, based in Richmond, California. The district serves 25,244 students district-wide and employs 1,231 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 591 students, Helms Middle is larger than the district average of about 467 students per school.