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What do students at Cesar Chavez Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 061062001183
Cesar Chavez Elementary
1221 Anderson Rd., Davis, CA 95616 · (530) 757-5490 · Yolo County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
23.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
115 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 46% larger than its 6th grade class (65).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
66.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.1pp since 2014
Math
67.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.9% | 33.1% | 17.3% | 15.8% |
| Math | 39.5% | 28.4% | 18.8% | 13.4% |
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 | 66.9% | 67.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.5% | 69.8% |
| 2022-23 | 73.9% | 77.7% |
| 2021-22 | 78.2% | 78.2% |
| 2018-19 | 78.7% | 75.7% |
| 2017-18 | 66.3% | 62.2% |
| 2016-17 | 63.8% | 61.0% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 60.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 (68.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Chavez Elementary this school | 510 | 22.5% | 68.8% |
| Charles Helmers Elementary Valencia | 524 | 21.6% | 75.5% |
| Schallenberger Elementary San Jose | 509 | 25.5% | 57.1% |
| Thomas Edison Elementary Burbank | 432 | 23.1% | 55.8% |
| Bret Harte Elementary Burbank | 537 | 25.3% | 54.8% |
| Dixon Montessori Charter Dixon | 471 | 25.7% | N/A |
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 Yolo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #710 of 5,151 | #3 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #697 of 5,172 ▼ 86 | #3 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #910 of 5,172 ▼ 214 | #5 of 29 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.8pp | #99 of 5,116 | #1 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #2,304 of 5,915 | #13 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,395 of 5,352 | #24 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #967 of 5,354 | #12 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.5% | #5,059 of 5,625 | #33 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #1,579 of 3,837 | #7 of 23 |
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
510
-40 (-7%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 708
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 510 | 21.7 | 23.6:1 | 23% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 20.7 | 23.8:1 | 12% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 21.9 | 22.8:1 | 10% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 550 | 22 | 25.0:1 | 10% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 24 | 26.1:1 | 12% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 24 | 25.9:1 | 9% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | N/A | N/A | 14% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 622 | 32 | 19.4:1 | 18% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 708 | 27 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cesar Chavez Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (626 to 510); teachers down 10% (24 to 21.7).
About Cesar Chavez Elementary
Cesar Chavez Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Davis, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 510 students.
Davis Joint Unified runs 16 schools with a combined 8,241 students. Cesar Chavez Elementary is one of them.
Cesar Chavez Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 41%. Other reported shares: 36% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 8% Asian. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 23.6 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 23%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Yolo County is 59%.
The allk12 Grade for Cesar Chavez Elementary is B+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 65% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Cesar Chavez Elementary, the prediction is 66.3% and the result is 68.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Yolo County show that the median household income is $91,752, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Cesar Chavez Elementary, Yolo County has 66 other public schools.
Nearby, Robert E. Willett Elementary is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Cesar Chavez Elementary ranks 5th of 6 nearby schools, at 68.8% versus a 69.9% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Small.
Federal data show a 7% enrollment decrease, from 550 in 2020-21 to 510 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 25.0 in 2020-21 to 23.6 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Yolo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
220,564
Census ACS
Median income
$91,752
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
29,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davis Joint Unified
- Davis Senior HighHigh · 1,755 students
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior HighMiddle · 588 students
- Pioneer ElementaryElementary · 572 students
- Birch Lane ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Da Vinci Charter AcademyHigh · 562 students
- North Davis ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other schools in Davis
- Davis Senior HighHigh · 1,755 students
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior HighMiddle · 588 students
- Pioneer ElementaryElementary · 572 students
- Birch Lane ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Da Vinci Charter AcademyHigh · 562 students
- North Davis ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other Cesar Chavez Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 8 states are named Cesar Chavez Elementary. Cesar Chavez Elementary is the 8th largest of the 15.
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryCalexico, CA · 765 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryMadera, CA · 659 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryGreenfield, CA · 642 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryCoachella, CA · 622 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Robert E. Willett Elementary0.4 mi · 506
- Davis Senior High0.5 mi · 1,755
- North Davis Elementary0.8 mi · 552
- Martin Luther King High0.8 mi · 51
- Davis School for Independent Study0.9 mi · 124
- Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High1.0 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Cesar Chavez ElementaryHow large is Cesar Chavez Elementary?
Cesar Chavez Elementary enrolls approximately 510 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 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
How diverse is Cesar Chavez Elementary?
Cesar Chavez Elementary reports a student body of 41% White, 36% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Cesar Chavez Elementary?
Cesar Chavez Elementary is overseen by Davis Joint Unified in Yolo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.