Cesar E Chavez Elementary

Cesar E Chavez Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Salem, Oregon, one of the schools within Salem-Keizer SD 24J. Current enrollment sits at 464 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 45% bigger than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Cesar E Chavez Elementary is one of 65 schools operated by Salem-Keizer SD 24J, a district that educates 37,776 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Cesar E Chavez Elementary records that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 13% White, 4% Pacific Islander, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Cesar E Chavez Elementary lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cesar E Chavez Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Marion County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,351, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Marion County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), Cesar E Chavez Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Scott Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cesar E Chavez Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 14.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 18%: 563 students in 2018 compared to 464 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 64% to 77%.

On allk12, members of the Cesar E Chavez Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.