Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary, a big elementary campus in Oxnard, California, operated by Oxnard, educates 754 students, covering grades K through 8. That puts it 62% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Oxnard runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 13,003 students. Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). By comparison, Ventura County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ventura County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.1%; this one delivers 20.9%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Ventura County shows median household income runs about $109,797, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ramona Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 27.5%.

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary has fell 17%, going from 913 students in 2018 to 754 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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