Cesar Chavez Elementary

Cesar Chavez Elementary is an elementary campus of sizable scale in Calexico, California, operated by Calexico Unified, caters to 765 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 65% above the state mean of about 465.

Calexico Unified runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 8,022 students. Cesar Chavez Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Cesar Chavez Elementary lists that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 86% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Cesar Chavez Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 79% of students at Cesar Chavez Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Cesar Chavez Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Imperial County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $57,681 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Imperial County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students), Cesar Chavez Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Enrique Camarena Jr. High, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cesar Chavez Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 19.4%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Cesar Chavez Elementary's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 899 (now 765).

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