Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School

Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School, a mid-tier 6-8 campus in DETROIT, Michigan, one of the schools within Cesar Chavez Academy, instructs 615 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 23% larger than typical.

Within Cesar Chavez Academy, which oversees 4 schools and 2,294 students, Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). The remainder breaks down as 3% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 7% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.4%, the actual is 26.9%, a residual of +2.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household earnings sit near $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Cesar Chavez Academy High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 22.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 587 (now 615). Class-load math has fell: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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