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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363192004853
CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL
20 CEDAR PL, YONKERS, NY 10705 · (914) 376-8969 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test 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 New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
460 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 9% |
| Ungraded | 21 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (53).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 72% · 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
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 50.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for New York 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 New York'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 SCHOOL
CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL this school | 574 | 80.1% | 36.0% |
| LAS HERMANAS MIRABAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL YONKERS | 594 | 80.0% | 35.0% |
| EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS MICROSOCIETY SCHOOL YONKERS | 590 | 79.5% | 42.1% |
| GRANDVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONSEY | 609 | 83.4% | 26.8% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-BUSHWICK BROOKLYN | 558 | 77.8% | 97.8% |
| SUMMIT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 659 | 82.9% | 12.3% |
Matched among New York 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 E CHAVEZ SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,789 of 2,335 | #101 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #906 of 2,342 ▲ 397 | #68 of 127 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,815 of 2,343 ▼ 33 | #105 of 127 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #555 of 2,585 | #34 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #2,215 of 2,338 | #122 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.7% | #1,740 of 2,388 | #126 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.1% | #763 of 2,534 | #6 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #1,099 of 1,757 | #42 of 100 |
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
574
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
+592% since 2000-01, when it was 83
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 574 | 34.3 | 16.7:1 | 80% (460) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 31.9 | 17.6:1 | 77% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 31.9 | 17.7:1 | 84% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 597 | 29 | 20.6:1 | 87% (519) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 38 | 16.9:1 | 75% (482) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 36 | 18.5:1 | 87% (577) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | 40 | 11.9:1 | 79% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 83 | 7 | 11.9:1 | 63% (52) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL.
About CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL
CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in YONKERS, New York. Enrollment is 574 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 8. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 30% larger than average.
CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL is one of the 42 schools that make up YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (24,376 students in total).
Hispanic students make up a majority at CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL, at 79%. The remaining shares are 12% Black, 5% White, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Westchester County's population at about 27%. CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL's diversity index is 36%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL was 16.7:1. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 16.7:1 here. CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 80%. Public schools in Westchester County average 38%.
The allk12 Grade for CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL is C. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 26% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 36.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 45.5%.
Westchester County has these Census figures: the median household income is $118,976, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Westchester County is home to 255 public schools and about 140,968 public school students.
Nearby, ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 36.0% versus a 46.7% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL's enrollment dropped 4%, to 574. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.6:1 to 16.7:1.
The CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMYCombined · 1,234 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,176 students
- YONKERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,111 students
- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL - EARLY COLLEGE STUDIESHigh · 1,096 students
- GORTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
- SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,039 students
Other schools in YONKERS
- YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMYCombined · 1,234 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,176 students
- CHARTER SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCECombined · 1,127 students
- YONKERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,111 students
- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL - EARLY COLLEGE STUDIESHigh · 1,096 students
- GORTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
Nearby schools
- ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY0.2 mi · 470
- EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS MICROSOCIETY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 590
- THOMAS CORNELL ACADEMY0.3 mi · 262
- ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS0.4 mi · 857
- SCHOOL 230.5 mi · 498
- PEARLS HAWTHORNE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 813
Frequently asked questions
About CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL?
CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL enrolls approximately 574 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL serve?
CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL are roughly 5% White, 79% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL in?
CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL is part of YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.