Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Located at 960 17th St., in Richmond, California, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus that enrolls 408 students (grades K through 6), operated by West Contra Costa Unified.

West Contra Costa Unified runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 25,133 students. Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary lists that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 3% Asian, 2% White, 2% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Cesar E. Chavez Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 98% of students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 7.2%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Contra Costa County indicate median household earnings sit near $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Edward M. Downer Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cesar E. Chavez Elementary. On composite proficiency, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 12.5%.

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary has fell 22%, going from 522 students in 2018 to 408 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 in 2025.

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