Cesar Chavez High

Set in Stockton, California, Cesar Chavez High is an expansive high school, part of Stockton Unified. It teaches 2,021 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 141% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Stockton Unified comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 33,590 students; Cesar Chavez High is among them.

On demographics, Cesar Chavez High lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Asian, 10% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the resource side, Cesar Chavez High shows 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Joaquin County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Cesar Chavez High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.9%, the actual is 30.1%, a residual of -4.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Joaquin County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $92,179 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, San Joaquin County runs 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), of which Cesar Chavez High is one.

Nearest neighbor: George W. Bush Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cesar Chavez High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Cesar Chavez High's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 2,116 (now 2,021). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 50% to 57% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 28.4:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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