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Enrollment
754
Elementary
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OXNARD·NCES 062922004507
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary
301 North Marquita St., Oxnard, CA 93030 · (805) 385-1524 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
739 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 98 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (98).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
29.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.8pp since 2014
Math
14.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.5% | 23.3% | 25.5% | 44.7% |
| Math | 4.1% | 10.2% | 27.6% | 58.0% |
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 | 29.8% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 15.6% |
| 2022-23 | 20.5% | 13.9% |
| 2021-22 | 24.1% | 10.2% |
| 2018-19 | 26.6% | 15.4% |
| 2017-18 | 22.3% | 11.5% |
| 2016-17 | 19.5% | 9.4% |
| 2015-16 | 16.0% | 9.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
21.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 (21.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar E. Chavez Elementary this school | 754 | 98.0% | 21.5% |
| Battles (Washington) Elementary Santa Maria | 769 | 97.3% | 16.8% |
| Fairlawn Elementary Santa Maria | 716 | 97.6% | 20.0% |
| Fremont Elementary Salinas | 711 | 96.9% | 16.2% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary Madera | 740 | 97.7% | 14.9% |
| Virginia Lee Rose Elementary Madera | 714 | 96.8% | 25.7% |
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 Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #4,436 of 5,151 | #108 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #4,805 of 5,172 ▼ 181 | #116 of 122 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #4,004 of 5,172 ▲ 287 | #98 of 122 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.9pp | #1,695 of 5,116 | #37 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #521 of 5,915 | #9 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #1,680 of 5,352 | #46 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.9% | #5,299 of 5,354 | #119 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #93 of 5,625 | #1 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #1,719 of 3,837 | #46 of 99 |
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
754
-94 (-11%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 711
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 754 | 35.4 | 21.3:1 | 98% (739) |
| 2023-24 | 777 | 37.8 | 20.5:1 | 97% (751) |
| 2022-23 | 879 | 41.8 | 21.0:1 | 96% (847) |
| 2020-21 | 848 | 38 | 22.3:1 | 97% (822) |
| 2017-18 | 913 | 36.9 | 24.8:1 | 96% (878) |
| 2015-16 | 934 | 35 | 26.7:1 | 95% (883) |
| 2010-11 | 718 | N/A | N/A | 96% (686) |
| 2000-01 | 840 | 39 | 21.5:1 | 93% (781) |
| 1990-91 | 711 | 29 | 24.5:1 | 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 17% (913 to 754); teachers down 4% (36.9 to 35.4).
About Cesar E. Chavez Elementary
In Oxnard, California, part of Ventura County, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is an elementary school. The school counts 754 students across kindergarten through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
The 20 schools in Oxnard enroll 13,003 students altogether, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary among them.
Hispanic students make up 98% of enrollment at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary. For comparison, the population of Ventura County is roughly 44% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 3%, meaning two students picked at random have a 3% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 21.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's lunch program data list 98% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Ventura County averages 59%, lower than here.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary would score about 22.1%. It scores 21.5%, within a point of that figure.
Ventura County has about 837,469 residents, and the median household income is $109,797, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Ventura County has 238 public schools and roughly 147,841 students.
Ramona Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Cesar E. Chavez Elementary. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment has fallen by 94 students since 2020-21, to 754. The number of students per teacher fell from 22.3 to 21.3 over 4 years.
Threads on this page can be about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Ventura County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
837,469
Census ACS
Median income
$109,797
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
238
147,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oxnard
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- Lemonwood ElementaryElementary · 808 students
Other schools in Oxnard
- Pacifica HighHigh · 2,675 students
- Oxnard HighHigh · 2,452 students
- Channel Islands HighHigh · 2,380 students
- Rio Mesa HighHigh · 1,951 students
- Hueneme HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Vista Real Charter HighHigh · 1,271 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 largest of the 5.
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryBell Gardens, CA · 702 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementarySalinas, CA · 628 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 621 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryRichmond, CA · 408 students
Nearby schools
- Ramona Elementary0.2 mi · 568
- R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering0.4 mi · 1,027
- Del Sol High0.7 mi · 808
- Norman R. Brekke Elementary0.7 mi · 585
- Rose Avenue Elementary0.7 mi · 424
- Vista Real Charter High0.8 mi · 1,271
Frequently asked questions
About Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryHow large is Cesar E. Chavez Elementary?
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary enrolls approximately 754 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Cesar E. Chavez Elementary serve?
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is approximately 21.3:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary?
At Cesar E. Chavez Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Is Cesar E. Chavez Elementary public or private?
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oxnard.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.