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Enrollment
659
Elementary
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADERA UNIFIED·NCES 062334011678
Cesar Chavez Elementary
2600 East Pecan, Madera, CA 93638 · (559) 664-9701 · Madera County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL659 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
615 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 93 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (93).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
24.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.5pp since 2014
Math
18.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.7% | 13.8% | 24.5% | 51.0% |
| Math | 5.7% | 12.7% | 22.0% | 59.7% |
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 | 24.5% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 21.1% |
| 2022-23 | 24.8% | 14.6% |
| 2021-22 | 19.4% | 9.6% |
| 2018-19 | 32.8% | 21.2% |
| 2017-18 | 34.0% | 27.6% |
| 2016-17 | 26.6% | 20.3% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
22.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 (22.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Chavez Elementary this school | 659 | 93.3% | 22.8% |
| Burroughs Elementary Fresno | 674 | 92.6% | 37.2% |
| Roosevelt Walker Academy Santa Ana | 675 | 94.1% | 21.3% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Elementary Selma | 634 | 92.4% | 33.5% |
| Noble Avenue Elementary North Hills | 656 | 94.2% | 24.7% |
| Winchell Elementary Fresno | 663 | 95.8% | 29.1% |
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 Madera County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #4,304 of 5,151 | #26 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #4,458 of 5,172 ▼ 396 | #25 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #4,534 of 5,172 ▼ 438 | #27 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.9pp | #1,158 of 5,116 | #8 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 659 | #965 of 5,915 | #12 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #1,036 of 5,352 | #15 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.9% | #4,704 of 5,354 | #24 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #665 of 5,625 | #11 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #2,498 of 3,837 | #11 of 22 |
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
659
-105 (-14%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 659 | 32.6 | 20.2:1 | 93% (615) |
| 2023-24 | 682 | 30.3 | 22.5:1 | 93% (632) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 31.9 | 22.5:1 | 92% (661) |
| 2020-21 | 764 | 32 | 23.9:1 | 94% (715) |
| 2017-18 | 745 | 29.5 | 25.3:1 | 91% (678) |
| 2015-16 | 820 | 31 | 26.4:1 | 94% (770) |
| 2010-11 | 713 | N/A | N/A | 99% (704) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cesar Chavez Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (745 to 659); teachers up 11% (29.5 to 32.6).
About Cesar Chavez Elementary
Cesar Chavez Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in California, with an address in Madera. The school counts 659 students across kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Madera Unified is responsible for 28 schools, Cesar Chavez Elementary included, with 19,922 students in all.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Cesar Chavez Elementary, with 92% of enrollment. Other groups make up 4% Asian and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 61% of Madera County residents are Hispanic. Cesar Chavez Elementary has a diversity index of 15%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Cesar Chavez Elementary's 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 20.2:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 93%. The average for public schools in Madera County is 81%.
In California, Cesar Chavez Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 22.8% actual against a predicted 24.9%.
Across Madera County, median household income is about $76,627, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. The public schools of Madera County number 81 and enroll about 32,251.
The closest public school, Pioneer Technical Center, is about 1.4 miles from Cesar Chavez Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Cesar Chavez Elementary ranks 3rd of 5 on average proficiency.
Cesar Chavez Elementary is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Cesar Chavez Elementary saw enrollment fall 14% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 23.9:1 to 20.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Community posts for Cesar Chavez Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Madera County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,940
Census ACS
Median income
$76,627
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
32,251 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madera Unified
- Matilda Torres HighHigh · 2,017 students
- Madera HighHigh · 1,869 students
- Madera South HighHigh · 1,859 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 948 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 865 students
- Jack G. Desmond MiddleMiddle · 838 students
Other schools in Madera
- Matilda Torres HighHigh · 2,017 students
- Madera HighHigh · 1,869 students
- Madera South HighHigh · 1,859 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 948 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 865 students
- Jack G. Desmond MiddleMiddle · 838 students
Other Cesar Chavez Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 8 states are named Cesar Chavez Elementary. Cesar Chavez Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 15.
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryCalexico, CA · 765 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryGreenfield, CA · 642 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryCoachella, CA · 622 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryDavis, CA · 510 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer Technical Center1.4 mi · 207
- Parkwood Elementary1.4 mi · 635
- Juvenile Hall (Endeavor/Voyager Secondary)1.5 mi · 29
- Madera County Independent Academy1.5 mi · 61
- Virginia Lee Rose Elementary1.9 mi · 714
- Sierra Vista Elementary1.9 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About Cesar Chavez ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cesar Chavez Elementary?
Cesar Chavez Elementary enrolls approximately 659 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Cesar Chavez Elementary serve?
Cesar Chavez Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Cesar Chavez Elementary have?
Cesar Chavez Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
How diverse is Cesar Chavez Elementary?
Cesar Chavez Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Cesar Chavez Elementary?
Cesar Chavez Elementary is overseen by Madera Unified in Madera County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.