Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle

Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle is a tight-knit 6-8 campus in East Palo Alto, California, overseen by Ravenswood City Elementary. The school serves 488 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle is one of 4 schools operated by Ravenswood City Elementary, a district that hosts 1,445 students overall.

On demographics, Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). Other groups include 10% Pacific Islander, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Mateo County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 26.3%; Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle posts 7.3%, -19.0 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, San Mateo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $158,855 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, San Mateo County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), of which Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Costano Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 7.1%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle has ticked up 79%, going from 273 students in 2018 to 488 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.