Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in Salinas, California, one of the schools within Alisal Union, enrolling 628 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 35% above the state mean of about 465.

Across the 13 schools in Alisal Union (7,303 students total), Cesar E. Chavez Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary logs that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Cesar E. Chavez Elementary records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Monterey County's rate of about 76%.

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 22.9%; this one delivers 28.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Monterey County put the typical household earns roughly $97,230 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Monterey County's 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is La Paz Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cesar E. Chavez Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 26.2%.

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cesar E. Chavez Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 801 (now 628).

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.