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Enrollment
622
Elementary
DISTRICT 613 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060907009764
Cesar Chavez Elementary
49-601 Avenida de Oro, Coachella, CA 92236 · (760) 398-2004 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL622 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
569 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 93 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 10% smaller than its 6th grade class (93).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
27.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.4pp since 2014
Math
20.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.7% | 19.7% | 27.1% | 45.5% |
| Math | 4.7% | 15.9% | 27.5% | 51.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.4% | 20.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.7% | 19.6% |
| 2022-23 | 28.5% | 14.2% |
| 2021-22 | 28.9% | 13.7% |
| 2020-21 | 20.9% | 12.4% |
| 2018-19 | 27.9% | 19.5% |
| 2017-18 | 25.8% | 21.3% |
| 2016-17 | 22.2% | 19.5% |
| 2015-16 | 17.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 8.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cesar Chavez Elementary
Cesar Chavez Elementary's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Chavez Elementary this school | 622 | 91.5% | 22.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary Calexico | 625 | 91.5% | 21.6% |
| Cutler Elementary Cutler | 607 | 91.9% | 31.3% |
| Bell Gardens Elementary Bell Gardens | 624 | 90.5% | 33.4% |
| Frank Paul Elementary Salinas | 638 | 92.0% | 20.8% |
| Valle del Sol Elementary Coachella | 649 | 90.8% | 35.2% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cesar Chavez Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #4,363 of 5,151 | #231 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #4,244 of 5,172 ▼ 37 | #218 of 283 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #4,229 of 5,172 ▲ 281 | #226 of 283 ▲ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #2,393 of 5,116 | #149 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 622 | #1,207 of 5,915 | #155 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,739 of 5,352 | #46 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.9% | #5,302 of 5,354 | #289 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #898 of 5,625 | #58 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.2% | #375 of 3,837 | #6 of 207 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
622
-186 (-23%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 22.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 622 | 29.1 | 21.4:1 | 91% (569) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 36.1 | 18.6:1 | 90% (604) |
| 2022-23 | 727 | 33.6 | 21.7:1 | 89% (645) |
| 2020-21 | 808 | 36 | 22.4:1 | 83% (672) |
| 2017-18 | 931 | 41.1 | 22.6:1 | 87% (812) |
| 2015-16 | 988 | 43 | 23.0:1 | 90% (891) |
| 2010-11 | 895 | N/A | N/A | 90% (802) |
| 2000-01 | 702 | 31 | 22.6:1 | 90% (629) |
| 1990-91 | 595 | 21 | 28.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cesar Chavez Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (931 to 622); teachers down 29% (41.1 to 29.1).
About Cesar Chavez Elementary
Cesar Chavez Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in California, with an address in Coachella. The school reports 622 students in kindergarten through 6. The school's enrollment is 34% bigger than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Coachella Valley Unified serves 15,817 students across 21 schools.
Hispanic students make up 99% of enrollment at Cesar Chavez Elementary. For comparison, the population of Riverside County is roughly 51% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 3% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Cesar Chavez Elementary total 29.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.4:1. That is 0.9 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 91%. That is 17 points above the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County.
allk12 grades Cesar Chavez Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 25.9%. Cesar Chavez Elementary scores 22.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Riverside County, the median household income is $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. In all, Riverside County has 543 public schools and roughly 424,872 students.
The nearest other public school, Palm View Elementary, is about 1.0 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Cesar Chavez Elementary is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes Cesar Chavez Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is down 23% from 2020-21, when Cesar Chavez Elementary had 808 students, to 2024-25, when it had 622. Students per teacher fell from 22.4 in 2020-21 to 21.4 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coachella Valley Unified
- Coachella Valley HighHigh · 2,300 students
- Desert Mirage HighHigh · 1,875 students
- Toro Canyon MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- Saul Martinez ElementaryElementary · 961 students
- Coral Mountain AcademyElementary · 815 students
- Sea View ElementaryElementary · 682 students
Other schools in Coachella
- Imagine Schools Riverside CountyElementary · 1,454 students
- Coral Mountain AcademyElementary · 815 students
- Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior HighMiddle · 668 students
- Valle del Sol ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Bobby Duke MiddleMiddle · 648 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 603 students
Other Cesar Chavez Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 8 states are named Cesar Chavez Elementary. Cesar Chavez Elementary is the 6th largest of the 15.
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryCalexico, CA · 765 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryMadera, CA · 659 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryGreenfield, CA · 642 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryDavis, CA · 510 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Palm View Elementary1.0 mi · 561
- Coral Mountain Academy1.1 mi · 815
- Bobby Duke Middle1.2 mi · 648
- Martin Van Buren Elementary1.2 mi · 533
- Imagine Schools Riverside County1.3 mi · 1,454
- Peter Pendleton Elementary1.3 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Cesar Chavez ElementaryHow large is Cesar Chavez Elementary?
Cesar Chavez Elementary enrolls approximately 622 students in grades KG-06.
Is Cesar Chavez Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cesar Chavez Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Cesar Chavez Elementary have?
Cesar Chavez Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cesar Chavez Elementary?
At Cesar Chavez Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Is Cesar Chavez Elementary public or private?
Cesar Chavez Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Coachella Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.