Cesar Chavez Junior High

Cesar Chavez Junior High is a middle-grades school of mid-tier scale in Ceres, California, overseen by Ceres Unified, hosting 685 students in grades 7 through 8.

Across the 23 schools in Ceres Unified (13,665 students total), Cesar Chavez Junior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Cesar Chavez Junior High logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 80% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 10% Asian, 7% White. By comparison, Stanislaus County as a whole is about 50% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Cesar Chavez Junior High lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Stanislaus County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Cesar Chavez Junior High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Stanislaus County) shows that median household income runs about $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Stanislaus County runs 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), of which Cesar Chavez Junior High is one.

La Rosa Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cesar Chavez Junior High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cesar Chavez Junior High at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 35.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 660 students in 2018 compared to 685 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 73% to 80% across the same window.

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