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Does Cesar E. Chavez Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
702
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEBELLO UNIFIED·NCES 062547003793
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary
6139 Loveland St., Bell Gardens, CA 90201 · (323) 773-1804 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
642 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 128 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
34.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.0pp since 2014
Math
28.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.1% | 20.9% | 30.1% | 35.9% |
| Math | 8.5% | 19.7% | 31.5% | 40.3% |
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 | 34.0% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 33.4% | 25.8% |
| 2022-23 | 30.1% | 25.6% |
| 2021-22 | 31.3% | 24.1% |
| 2020-21 | 29.6% | 18.2% |
| 2018-19 | 38.1% | 33.8% |
| 2017-18 | 37.4% | 27.7% |
| 2016-17 | 29.5% | 17.0% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 E. Chavez Elementary
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar E. Chavez Elementary this school | 702 | 91.5% | 30.3% |
| Mary Chapa Academy Greenfield | 686 | 90.1% | 24.6% |
| Washington Elementary Lindsay | 730 | 91.5% | 43.5% |
| Liberty Charter Madera | 704 | 91.1% | N/A |
| Valle del Sol Elementary Coachella | 649 | 90.8% | 35.2% |
| Frank Paul Elementary Salinas | 638 | 92.0% | 20.8% |
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 E. Chavez Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #3,462 of 5,151 | #867 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #3,398 of 5,172 ▲ 131 | #878 of 1,129 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,563 of 5,172 ▼ 159 | #875 of 1,129 ▼ 56 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #2,154 of 5,116 | #570 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 702 | #748 of 5,915 | #134 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #2,543 of 5,352 | #667 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.3% | #5,351 of 5,354 | #1,214 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #902 of 5,625 | #378 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #916 of 3,837 | #358 of 947 |
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
702
-162 (-19%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 1,275
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 702 | 31.3 | 22.4:1 | 91% (642) |
| 2023-24 | 747 | 37.6 | 19.9:1 | 81% (607) |
| 2022-23 | 763 | 38.3 | 19.9:1 | 83% (630) |
| 2020-21 | 864 | 36 | 24.0:1 | 86% (740) |
| 2017-18 | 935 | 36 | 26.0:1 | 79% (739) |
| 2015-16 | 972 | 34 | 28.6:1 | 85% (830) |
| 2010-11 | 915 | N/A | N/A | 82% (748) |
| 2000-01 | 1,185 | 57 | 20.8:1 | 96% (1,140) |
| 1990-91 | 1,275 | 48 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cesar E. Chavez Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (935 to 702); teachers down 13% (36 to 31.3).
About Cesar E. Chavez Elementary
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is an elementary school in Bell Gardens, California, according to federal school records. Enrollment is 702 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 51% larger than average.
Montebello Unified counts 29 schools and 19,149 students, including Cesar E. Chavez Elementary.
The large majority of students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary, 100%, are Hispanic. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 0%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1 at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary, with 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 91% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.0% for Cesar E. Chavez Elementary. The school posts 30.3%, 4.4 points above the prediction.
According to the American Community Survey, in Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 2,244 public schools operate in Los Angeles County, serving about 1,265,907 students.
Bell Gardens High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary had 864 students in 2020-21 and 702 in 2024-25, a 19% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 24.0:1 to 22.4:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Cesar E. Chavez Elementary covering things like school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montebello Unified
- Schurr HighHigh · 2,121 students
- Bell Gardens HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Montebello HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Bell Gardens IntermediateMiddle · 790 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Montebello IntermediateMiddle · 733 students
Other schools in Bell Gardens
- Bell Gardens HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bell Gardens IntermediateMiddle · 790 students
- Suva IntermediateMiddle · 650 students
- Bell Gardens ElementaryElementary · 624 students
- Suva ElementaryElementary · 562 students
- Garfield ElementaryElementary · 455 students
Other Cesar E. Chavez Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 1 state are named Cesar E. Chavez Elementary. Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryOxnard, CA · 754 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementarySalinas, CA · 628 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 621 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryRichmond, CA · 408 students
Nearby schools
- Bell Gardens High0.2 mi · 2,046
- Garfield Elementary0.7 mi · 455
- Bell Gardens Intermediate0.7 mi · 790
- Suva Intermediate0.7 mi · 650
- Suva Elementary0.8 mi · 562
- Ellen Ochoa Learning Center1.3 mi · 1,052
Frequently asked questions
About Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary?
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary enrolls approximately 702 students in grades KG-05.
Is Cesar E. Chavez Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary?
At Cesar E. Chavez Elementary, the student body is approximately 100% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Is Cesar E. Chavez Elementary public or private?
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montebello Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.