Academia Cesar Chavez Elementary

Academia Cesar Chavez Elementary, an average-sized primary school in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, part of Academias La Paz, caters to 336 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 3 schools in Academias La Paz (568 students total), Academia Cesar Chavez Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Academia Cesar Chavez Elementary records that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 11% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the income-and-resources front, Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Academia Cesar Chavez Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 17.4%; actual is 4.0%, a gap of -13.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Ramsey County shows the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), Academia Cesar Chavez Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Academia Cesar Chavez Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Academia Cesar Chavez Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Academia Cesar Chavez Elementary runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Academia Cesar Chavez Elementary has declined 34%, going from 509 students in 2018 to 336 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 4% to 11% over that span.

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