Cesar Chavez Elementary School

Cesar Chavez Elementary School is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in Eugene, Oregon, one of the schools within Eugene SD 4J, works with 356 students in grades K through 5.

Eugene SD 4J runs 36 schools in total, collectively educating 15,712 students. Cesar Chavez Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Cesar Chavez Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 33% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Cesar Chavez Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lane County (around 76%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cesar Chavez Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.8%; this one comes in at 19.9%, -17.9 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lane County put the typical household earns roughly $71,544 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cesar Chavez Elementary School is one of 117 public schools in Lane County (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students).

Arts and Technology Academy at Jefferson is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cesar Chavez Elementary School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 50.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 356 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

On this page, members of the Cesar Chavez Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.