Cesar Chavez Middle

Cesar Chavez Middle is a heavily attended 6-8 campus in Union City, California, overseen by New Haven Unified. The school caters to 990 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 50% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Within New Haven Unified, which oversees 13 schools and 10,056 students, Cesar Chavez Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Cesar Chavez Middle records that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 26% Asian, 5% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Cesar Chavez Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cesar Chavez Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.3%; this one delivers 28.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Alameda County indicate median household earnings sit near $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Cesar Chavez Middle is one campus in the mix.

Tom Kitayama Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cesar Chavez Middle at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 57.7%.

Cesar Chavez Middle operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 21%: 1,252 students in 2018 compared to 990 in 2025.

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