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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARLIER UNIFIED·NCES 062991004659
Cesar E Chavez Elementary
500 Tuolumne St., Parlier, CA 93648 · (559) 646-3595 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
19.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
419 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 10% larger than its 6th grade class (72).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
17.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.7pp since 2014
Math
13.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.0% | 13.7% | 27.0% | 55.2% |
| Math | 3.2% | 10.5% | 22.6% | 63.7% |
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 | 17.7% | 13.7% |
| 2023-24 | 19.1% | 11.4% |
| 2022-23 | 14.3% | 12.0% |
| 2021-22 | 13.5% | 9.1% |
| 2020-21 | 7.9% | 5.8% |
| 2018-19 | 22.1% | 11.2% |
| 2017-18 | 20.4% | 17.3% |
| 2016-17 | 19.4% | 20.4% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 12.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
15.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 (15.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar E Chavez Elementary this school | 439 | 95.4% | 15.4% |
| San Gabriel Avenue Elementary South Gate | 432 | 95.6% | 27.9% |
| Heliotrope Avenue Elementary Maywood | 462 | 95.7% | 43.3% |
| Maywood Elementary Maywood | 426 | 95.8% | 50.3% |
| Fishburn Avenue Elementary Maywood | 430 | 94.4% | 30.4% |
| Camellia Avenue Elementary North Hollywood | 433 | 95.2% | 24.8% |
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 Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #4,911 of 5,151 | #183 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #4,860 of 5,172 ▲ 93 | #183 of 185 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #4,959 of 5,172 ▼ 160 | #184 of 185 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.4pp | #1,850 of 5,116 | #96 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #3,168 of 5,915 | #137 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #914 of 5,352 | #64 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.2% | #5,140 of 5,354 | #183 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #393 of 5,625 | #29 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.7% | #560 of 1,139 | #26 of 49 |
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
439
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 851
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 439 | 22 | 19.9:1 | 95% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 23 | 19.2:1 | 88% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 98% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 19 | 22.7:1 | 95% (408) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 17 | 23.8:1 | 99% (401) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 18 | 24.8:1 | 99% (443) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | N/A | N/A | 99% (546) |
| 2000-01 | 669 | 34 | 19.7:1 | 100% (666) |
| 1990-91 | 851 | 35 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cesar E Chavez Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (404 to 439); teachers up 29% (17 to 22).
About Cesar E Chavez Elementary
At 500 Tuolumne St. in Parlier, California, Cesar E Chavez Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 439 students, covering kindergarten through 6.
Cesar E Chavez Elementary is among 7 schools run by Parlier Unified, which serves 3,206 students.
The share of students at Cesar E Chavez Elementary who are Hispanic is 97%. Other groups make up 2% White. County-wide, 55% of Fresno County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 6% means there is a 6% chance two randomly chosen students at Cesar E Chavez Elementary are from different groups.
For every teacher at Cesar E Chavez Elementary, there are about 19.9 students; the school has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 419 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 95% of enrollment. It compares with 75% for public schools in Fresno County.
On the allk12 Grade, Cesar E Chavez Elementary lands at D, ahead of 12% of California public elementary schools.
Cesar E Chavez Elementary is 8.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (15.4% versus 23.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Fresno County show that the median household earns about $74,201 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Fresno County has 368 public schools with about 206,072 students, including Cesar E Chavez Elementary.
Parlier High is the nearest public school to Cesar E Chavez Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 32.8% proficiency; Cesar E Chavez Elementary posts 15.4%.
NCES assigns Cesar E Chavez Elementary the locale Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment went from 431 in 2020-21 to 439 in 2024-25, a change of 8 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 22.7:1 to 19.9:1.
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Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Parlier Unified
- Parlier HighHigh · 901 students
- Parlier Junior HighMiddle · 566 students
- John C Martinez ElementaryElementary · 434 students
- S Ben Benavidez ElementaryElementary · 409 students
- Mathew J Brletic ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- San Joaquin Valley HighHigh · 50 students
Other schools in Parlier
- Parlier HighHigh · 901 students
- Parlier Junior HighMiddle · 566 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 509 students
- John C Martinez ElementaryElementary · 434 students
- S Ben Benavidez ElementaryElementary · 409 students
- Mathew J Brletic ElementaryElementary · 407 students
Other Cesar E Chavez Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Cesar E Chavez Elementary. Cesar E Chavez Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Cesar E Chavez ElementarySalem, OR · 464 students
- Cesar E Chavez ElementaryGRAND RAPIDS, MI · 437 students
Nearby schools
- Parlier High0.5 mi · 901
- Mathew J Brletic Elementary0.5 mi · 407
- San Joaquin Valley High0.7 mi · 50
- Parlier Junior High0.8 mi · 566
- S Ben Benavidez Elementary0.9 mi · 409
- John C Martinez Elementary1.6 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Cesar E Chavez ElementaryHow large is Cesar E Chavez Elementary?
Cesar E Chavez Elementary enrolls approximately 439 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Cesar E Chavez Elementary serve?
Cesar E Chavez Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cesar E Chavez Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cesar E Chavez Elementary is approximately 19.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cesar E Chavez Elementary?
At Cesar E Chavez Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Cesar E Chavez Elementary public or private?
Cesar E Chavez Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Parlier Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.