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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED·NCES 063255007081
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary
960 17th St., Richmond, CA 94801 · (510) 231-1418 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
399 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 39% larger than its 6th grade class (49).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
8.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -12.9pp since 2014
Math
7.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.7% | 5.4% | 18.1% | 73.8% |
| Math | 1.8% | 5.9% | 21.5% | 70.8% |
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 | 8.1% | 7.8% |
| 2023-24 | 5.7% | 9.1% |
| 2022-23 | 14.5% | 14.2% |
| 2021-22 | 18.7% | 9.7% |
| 2018-19 | 14.6% | 10.6% |
| 2017-18 | 17.0% | 9.9% |
| 2016-17 | 19.4% | 11.8% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 22% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 (7.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar E. Chavez Elementary this school | 408 | 97.8% | 7.6% |
| Andres and Maria Cardenas Elementary Van Nuys | 423 | 96.9% | 26.1% |
| N.E.W. Academy Canoga Park Canoga Park | 399 | 98.7% | N/A |
| Los Angeles Elementary Los Angeles | 406 | 95.6% | 24.3% |
| Hobart Boulevard Elementary Los Angeles | 420 | 98.1% | 23.9% |
| Lopez Elementary Pomona | 394 | 97.7% | 15.2% |
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 Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #5,131 of 5,151 | #143 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.8% | #5,115 of 5,172 ▼ 67 | #147 of 153 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.1% | #5,159 of 5,172 ▲ 8 | #150 of 153 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.3pp | #379 of 5,116 | #18 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #3,595 of 5,915 | #117 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,766 of 5,352 | #115 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.9% | #4,486 of 5,354 | #160 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #115 of 5,625 | #1 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #1,220 of 3,837 | #21 of 107 |
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
408
-49 (-11%) vs 2020
-37% since 2000-01, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 408 | 17 | 24.0:1 | 98% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 16.8 | 25.8:1 | 80% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 20 | 21.8:1 | 95% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 19 | 24.1:1 | 95% (432) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 20.5 | 25.5:1 | 94% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 22 | 25.9:1 | 95% (541) |
| 2010-11 | 702 | N/A | N/A | 89% (622) |
| 2000-01 | 646 | 32 | 20.2:1 | 87% (562) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cesar E. Chavez Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (522 to 408); teachers down 17% (20.5 to 17).
About Cesar E. Chavez Elementary
Families in Richmond, California, are served by Cesar E. Chavez Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 408 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6.
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary belongs to West Contra Costa Unified, a district of 52 schools and 25,133 students.
Of every 100 students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary, about 90 are Hispanic. The school is also 3% Asian, 2% White, and 2% Black. That is higher than the 28% Hispanic share among all Contra Costa County residents. A diversity index of 19% means there is a 19% chance two randomly chosen students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary are from different groups.
Based on 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary has a ratio of 24.0:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Income data for the school show 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County is 53 points lower.
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary scores 14.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 7.6% actual versus 22.2% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Contra Costa County, home to about 1,165,012 people, the median household earns about $127,229 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Contra Costa County number 280, with about 167,423 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Edward M. Downer Elementary, is about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is 6th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 11% decline, from 457 to 408.
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Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Contra Costa Unified
- El Cerrito HighHigh · 1,460 students
- Richmond HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Pinole Valley HighHigh · 1,245 students
- De Anza HighHigh · 1,047 students
- Hercules HighHigh · 767 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 740 students
Other schools in Richmond
- Richmond HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Making Waves AcademyHigh · 1,078 students
- De Anza HighHigh · 1,047 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 740 students
- Summit Public School: TamalpaisHigh · 629 students
- Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory AcademyHigh · 590 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 5th largest of the 5.
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryOxnard, CA · 754 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryBell Gardens, CA · 702 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementarySalinas, CA · 628 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Edward M. Downer Elementary0.4 mi · 388
- Richmond High0.5 mi · 1,280
- Grant Elementary0.5 mi · 551
- Ford Elementary0.7 mi · 371
- Peres Elementary0.7 mi · 538
- Dover Elementary0.8 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryHow many students attend Cesar E. Chavez Elementary?
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary enrolls approximately 408 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Cesar E. Chavez Elementary serve?
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary.
How diverse is Cesar E. Chavez Elementary?
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Cesar E. Chavez Elementary public or private?
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Contra Costa Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.