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Enrollment
1,107
Middle
DISTRICT 696 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063417011106
Cesar E. Chavez Middle
6650 North Magnolia Ave., San Bernardino, CA 92407 · (909) 386-2050 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,107 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of California public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
974 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 80 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 518 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 509 | 46% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
33.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.8pp since 2014
Math
20.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 2 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 | 6.8% | 27.1% | 27.7% | 38.4% |
| Math | 8.2% | 12.3% | 29.2% | 50.4% |
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 | 33.8% | 20.4% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 20.9% |
| 2022-23 | 30.4% | 18.6% |
| 2021-22 | 31.3% | 15.8% |
| 2018-19 | 44.9% | 25.6% |
| 2017-18 | 52.3% | 27.2% |
| 2016-17 | 55.4% | 29.7% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Middle
Cesar E. Chavez Middle's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar E. Chavez Middle this school | 1,107 | 88.0% | 31.3% |
| Lakeside Middle Perris | 1,076 | 86.3% | 26.6% |
| Chemawa Middle Riverside | 885 | 89.0% | 26.1% |
| Warren F. Frisbie Middle Rialto | 1,000 | 87.8% | 18.9% |
| Rialto Middle Rialto | 1,017 | 87.9% | 28.2% |
| Leon H. Ollivier Middle Bakersfield | 1,152 | 93.7% | 40.9% |
Matched among California middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #711 of 1,224 | #31 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #848 of 1,227 ▼ 75 | #36 of 76 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #887 of 1,227 ▼ 127 | #48 of 76 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #440 of 1,214 | #34 of 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,107 | #117 of 1,377 | #9 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #959 of 1,279 | #52 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.4% | #936 of 1,278 | #46 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.0% | #344 of 1,329 | #27 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.0% | #100 of 257 | #8 of 16 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,107
-55 (-5%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 1,128
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 1,107 | 48.4 | 22.9:1 | 88% (974) |
| 2023-24 | 1,085 | 46.4 | 23.4:1 | 88% (951) |
| 2022-23 | 1,069 | 48.1 | 22.3:1 | 87% (932) |
| 2020-21 | 1,162 | 47 | 24.7:1 | 85% (984) |
| 2017-18 | 1,006 | 38 | 26.5:1 | 78% (784) |
| 2015-16 | 941 | 38 | 24.8:1 | 81% (758) |
| 2010-11 | 1,128 | N/A | N/A | 82% (920) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cesar E. Chavez Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (1,006 to 1,107); teachers up 27% (38 to 48.4).
About Cesar E. Chavez Middle
Cesar E. Chavez Middle is a large middle school based in San Bernardino, California. It had 1,107 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in California have about 659 students on average; enrollment here is 68% higher.
San Bernardino City Unified has 72 schools and 44,080 students, and Cesar E. Chavez Middle is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Cesar E. Chavez Middle, about 83 are Hispanic. It is also 6% White, 6% Black, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of San Bernardino County is roughly 55% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 30, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 48.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 22.9 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in San Bernardino County report 74%.
Among California public middle schools, Cesar E. Chavez Middle outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 28.0% for a school in California with Cesar E. Chavez Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Cesar E. Chavez Middle posts 31.3%.
In the surrounding county, San Bernardino County, the median household earns about $85,478 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. San Bernardino County has 583 public schools with about 393,648 students, including Cesar E. Chavez Middle.
The closest school to Cesar E. Chavez Middle is North Verdemont Elementary, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Cesar E. Chavez Middle ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count decreased 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher dropped from 24.7 to 22.9 over 4 years.
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San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
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Other Cesar E. Chavez Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Cesar E. Chavez Middle. Cesar E. Chavez Middle is the largest of the 3.
- Cesar E. Chavez MiddleWatsonville, CA · 548 students
- Cesar E. Chavez MiddlePlanada, CA · 305 students
Nearby schools
- North Verdemont Elementary0.2 mi · 549
- Palm Avenue Elementary0.7 mi · 479
- Kendall Elementary2.9 mi · 351
- Vermont Elementary2.9 mi · 659
- Paakuma K-83.1 mi · 940
- Kimbark Elementary3.5 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About Cesar E. Chavez MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Cesar E. Chavez Middle?
Cesar E. Chavez Middle enrolls approximately 1,107 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cesar E. Chavez Middle serve?
Cesar E. Chavez Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Cesar E. Chavez Middle?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at Cesar E. Chavez Middle.
What is the student diversity at Cesar E. Chavez Middle?
Student demographics at Cesar E. Chavez Middle are roughly 6% White, 83% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Cesar E. Chavez Middle?
Cesar E. Chavez Middle is overseen by San Bernardino City Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.