Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001139
Cesar Chavez Elementary
6609 Riggs Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20782 · (301) 853-5694 · Prince George's County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Maryland public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
231 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 74 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 72% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 73% · 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
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
36.4%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.2pp since 2023
Math
28.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +11.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 17.3% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Maryland 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 Maryland'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 Chavez Elementary
Cesar Chavez Elementary's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Chavez Elementary this school | 355 | 65.1% | 31.5% |
| Clay Hill Public Charter School Baltimore | 335 | 60.3% | 32.7% |
| Meadow Hall Elementary Rockville | 348 | 66.1% | 38.6% |
| Summit Hall Elementary Gaithersburg | 413 | 67.6% | 24.4% |
| New Hampshire Estates Elem Silver Spring | 455 | 69.2% | N/A |
| William Paca Elementary Baltimore | 414 | 60.1% | 21.4% |
Matched among Maryland 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 Chavez Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #611 of 853 | #58 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #614 of 853 ▲ 127 | #59 of 136 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #616 of 853 ▼ 160 | #72 of 136 ▼ 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #677 of 898 | #102 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #357 of 857 | #81 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #530 of 857 | #71 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.1% | #340 of 885 | #104 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #108 of 294 | #14 of 39 |
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
355
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 355 | 26.4 | 13.4:1 | 65% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 27.2 | 13.6:1 | 65% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 23.7 | 15.0:1 | 65% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 59% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 311 | 29.4 | 10.6:1 | 70% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 25 | 11.6:1 | 81% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 258 | 19 | 13.6:1 | 82% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 24 | 18.1:1 | 79% (342) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cesar Chavez Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (311 to 355); teachers down 10% (29.4 to 26.4).
About Cesar Chavez Elementary
Cesar Chavez Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school with an address in Hyattsville, Maryland. Enrollment stands at 355 students, covering kindergarten through 5. It has 26% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Maryland (about 481).
Prince George's County Public Schools runs Cesar Chavez Elementary along with 198 other schools, enrolling 132,693 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Cesar Chavez Elementary is Hispanic: 69%. Other groups make up 15% White, 11% Black, and 3% multiracial. Prince George's County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
On staff are 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is close to this figure. Cesar Chavez Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 65%. Public schools in Prince George's County average 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, Cesar Chavez Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Cesar Chavez Elementary is 4.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (31.5% versus 35.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Prince George's County show that median household income comes to about $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Prince George's County counts 203 public schools with about 132,693 students.
Ridgecrest Elementary is about 0.5 miles from Cesar Chavez Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Cesar Chavez Elementary places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns Cesar Chavez Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 355 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 371.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Cesar Chavez Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
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Other Cesar Chavez Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 8 states are named Cesar Chavez Elementary. Cesar Chavez Elementary is the 13th largest of the 15.
- Cesar Chavez ElementarySan Luis, AZ · 766 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryCalexico, CA · 765 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryMadera, CA · 659 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryGreenfield, CA · 642 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryMadison, WI · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgecrest Elementary0.5 mi · 631
- Rosa L. Parks Elementary0.5 mi · 607
- Lewisdale Elementary0.8 mi · 533
- Chillum Elementary0.8 mi · 308
- Edward M. Felegy ES1.0 mi · 641
- Carole Highlands Elementary1.0 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About Cesar Chavez ElementaryHow many students attend Cesar Chavez Elementary?
Cesar Chavez Elementary enrolls approximately 355 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Cesar Chavez Elementary serve?
Cesar Chavez Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cesar Chavez Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Cesar Chavez Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cesar Chavez Elementary?
At Cesar Chavez Elementary, the student body is approximately 15% White, 69% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Cesar Chavez Elementary?
Cesar Chavez Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
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