Cesar Chavez Elementary

Located at 6609 Riggs Rd, in Hyattsville, Maryland, Cesar Chavez Elementary is an intimate elementary campus that enrolls 355 students (grades K through 5), run under Prince George's County Public Schools. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Cesar Chavez Elementary sits 26% leaner than that benchmark.

Prince George's County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 132,693 students. Cesar Chavez Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Cesar Chavez Elementary reports that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 15% White, 11% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Cesar Chavez Elementary shows 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cesar Chavez Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.7%, the actual is 31.5%, a residual of -4.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Prince George's County reports that median household earnings sit near $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Cesar Chavez Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Ridgecrest Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cesar Chavez Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 22.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 14%: 311 students in 2018 compared to 355 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 31% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.