Cesar E Chavez Community School

Cesar E Chavez Community School is a mid-sized elementary school based in PHOENIX, Arizona. It reported 408 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.

Roosevelt Elementary District (4279) is the district for Cesar E Chavez Community School. It has 19 schools and 7,057 students.

A large majority of enrollment at Cesar E Chavez Community School is Hispanic, at 92%. The school is also 4% Black and 2% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 31%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cesar E Chavez Community School scores 15%.

The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Arizona average 17.0:1.

In the wider Maricopa County area, the median household earns about $89,300 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Cesar E Chavez Community School shares Maricopa County with 1,351 other public schools.

A public school about 0.7 miles away, Reyes Maria Ruiz Leadership Academy, is the closest to Cesar E Chavez Community School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Cesar E Chavez Community School.

In the federal locale system, Cesar E Chavez Community School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 408, down from 438 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 17.7:1, from 16.2:1.

This page is set up for the Cesar E Chavez Community School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.