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Alumni: what's one memory from Cesar E Chavez Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082001826
Cesar E Chavez Elementary
2400 Walker Rd NE, Salem, OR 97305 · (503) 399-2571 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
409 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 76%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 59% · 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
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
19.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
11.9%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.6% | 11.9% |
| 2023-24 | 20.9% | 13.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
13.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 Elementary
Cesar E Chavez Elementary's state test result (13.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar E Chavez Elementary this school | 464 | 88.1% | 13.9% |
| Yoshikai Elementary School Salem | 478 | 87.4% | 23.4% |
| Hoover Elementary School Salem | 402 | 88.3% | 18.1% |
| Lamb Elementary School Salem | 436 | 90.4% | 13.3% |
| Scott Elementary School Salem | 464 | 88.6% | 13.2% |
| Swegle Elementary School Salem | 496 | 88.9% | 11.8% |
Matched among Oregon 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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #567 of 591 | #45 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #620 of 646 ▼ 16 | #51 of 62 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #600 of 646 ▼ 11 | #45 of 62 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #106 of 710 | #12 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #485 of 587 | #32 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #480 of 587 | #47 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.1% | #184 of 645 | #31 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #284 of 493 | #25 of 47 |
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
464
-105 (-18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 464 | 24.2 | 19.2:1 | 88% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 27.9 | 17.6:1 | 67% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 31.8 | 18.0:1 | 69% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 26 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 29.2 | 19.3:1 | 84% (475) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 27 | 21.9:1 | 84% (498) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cesar E Chavez Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (563 to 464); teachers down 17% (29.2 to 24.2).
About Cesar E Chavez Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in Salem, Oregon, Cesar E Chavez Elementary is part of Salem-Keizer SD 24J. The school counts 464 students across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 45% larger than the 321 average for elementary schools in Oregon.
The district, Salem-Keizer SD 24J, operates 65 schools serving 37,776 students.
Cesar E Chavez Elementary's enrollment is 77% Hispanic. Other groups make up 13% White, 4% Pacific Islander, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 29% of Marion County residents are Hispanic. Cesar E Chavez Elementary has a diversity index of 38%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Cesar E Chavez Elementary's 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 19.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 88%.
Cesar E Chavez Elementary is 14.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (13.9% versus 28.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Oregon.
Among Marion County residents, median household income is about $77,351, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 111 public schools in Marion County, with a combined enrollment of about 53,799.
The closest public school to Cesar E Chavez Elementary is Scott Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Cesar E Chavez Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Cesar E Chavez Elementary went from 569 students to 464. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.9:1 in 2020-21, and 19.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Salem
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Stephens Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
Other Cesar E Chavez Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Cesar E Chavez Elementary. Cesar E Chavez Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Cesar E Chavez ElementaryParlier, CA · 439 students
- Cesar E Chavez ElementaryGRAND RAPIDS, MI · 437 students
Nearby schools
- Scott Elementary School0.7 mi · 464
- Swegle Elementary School0.9 mi · 496
- McKay High School0.9 mi · 2,380
- Lamb Elementary School1.2 mi · 436
- Early College High School1.5 mi · 193
- Auburn Elementary School1.6 mi · 592
Frequently asked questions
About Cesar E Chavez ElementaryHow large is Cesar E Chavez Elementary?
Cesar E Chavez Elementary enrolls approximately 464 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cesar E Chavez Elementary serve?
Cesar E Chavez Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cesar E Chavez Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cesar E Chavez Elementary is approximately 19.2:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cesar E Chavez Elementary?
At Cesar E Chavez Elementary, the student body is approximately 13% White, 77% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Cesar E Chavez Elementary public or private?
Cesar E Chavez Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salem-Keizer SD 24J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.