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Michelle Obama Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newark, Essex County. The school has 131 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Newark Public School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–3 in an urban setting. The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.1:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Michelle Obama Elementary School enrolls 131 students across grades Pre-K–3. The student body is 36% male and 64% female. A teaching staff of 13 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Black or African American, 11% Hispanic or Latino and <1% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 115 | 88% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 11% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
110 of the school's 131 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 91 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Michelle Obama Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 29, state house district 29.
Michelle Obama Elementary School is one of 63 schools in Newark Public School District, based in Newark, New Jersey. The district serves 44,199 students district-wide and employs 2,849 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 131 students, Michelle Obama Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 702 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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