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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE ELM ISD·NCES 482772009214
Cesar Chavez Elementary School
2600 HART RD, LITTLE ELM, TX 75068 · (972) 947-9452 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Texas 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
235 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 65%
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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 21.0% | 26.0% | 45.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 49.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 18.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Chavez Elementary School
Cesar Chavez Elementary School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Chavez Elementary School this school | 424 | 55.4% | 31.4% |
| Cumberland Academy Lower Elementary School TYLER | 459 | 59.3% | N/A |
| Alton Bowen Elementary School BRYAN | 440 | 60.0% | 51.9% |
| Hudson Elementary School LONGVIEW | 452 | 52.7% | 94.5% |
| Alton Elementary School BRENHAM | 460 | 57.2% | 49.4% |
| Doris Cullins-Lake Pointe Elementary School ROWLETT | 525 | 52.8% | 44.6% |
Matched among Texas 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 Chavez Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #3,534 of 4,401 | #115 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #4,009 of 4,466 ▼ 168 | #132 of 138 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #2,656 of 4,466 ▲ 279 | #108 of 138 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,432 of 3,998 | #84 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #3,292 of 4,938 | #118 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #419 of 4,622 | #17 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #240 of 4,628 | #27 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #3,340 of 4,789 | #37 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.5% | #160 of 2,838 | #2 of 69 |
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
424
-119 (-22%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 424 | 34.7 | 12.2:1 | 55% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 31.3 | 13.5:1 | 58% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 38.5 | 12.8:1 | 53% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 543 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 50% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 44.2 | 16.1:1 | 39% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 43 | 17.5:1 | 39% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 34% (196) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cesar Chavez Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (713 to 424); teachers down 21% (44.2 to 34.7).
About Cesar Chavez Elementary School
Cesar Chavez Elementary School is the name of a small elementary school in LITTLE ELM, Texas. The school had 424 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Cesar Chavez Elementary School is part of a district of 10 schools: LITTLE ELM ISD, with 8,036 students.
White students form the largest group at Cesar Chavez Elementary School, 36% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 29% Hispanic, 21% Black, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among people living in Denton County, the White share is about 57%. Cesar Chavez Elementary School has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Cesar Chavez Elementary School employs 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, higher than at this school. Cesar Chavez Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 55%. That is higher than the 35% average for public schools in Denton County.
The allk12 Grade for Cesar Chavez Elementary School is D. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 9% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Cesar Chavez Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% of Texas schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 31.4%. Predicted: 50.0%. Difference: 18.6 points.
Among Denton County residents, median household income is about $111,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Cesar Chavez Elementary School is one of 267 public schools in Denton County, which together enroll about 175,222 students.
Little Elm High School is the public school closest to Cesar Chavez Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Cesar Chavez Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Cesar Chavez Elementary School's average proficiency of 31.4% compares with 47.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 424 was 22% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 543. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.2:1.
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Denton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,561
Census ACS
Median income
$111,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
267
175,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE ELM ISD
- Little Elm High SchoolHigh · 2,519 students
- Oak Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 998 students
- Jerry R Walker Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- Lowell H Strike Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- Hackberry Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- D H Brent Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
Other schools in LITTLE ELM
- Little Elm High SchoolHigh · 2,519 students
- Jerry R Walker Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- Lowell H Strike Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- Robertson Elementary SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Catherine Bell Elementary SchoolElementary · 560 students
Other Cesar Chavez Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 8 states are named Cesar Chavez Elementary. Cesar Chavez Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 15.
- Cesar Chavez Elementary SchoolPHARR, TX · 403 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementarySan Luis, AZ · 766 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryCalexico, CA · 765 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryMadera, CA · 659 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryGreenfield, CA · 642 students
Nearby schools
- Little Elm High School0.9 mi · 2,519
- Lakeview Elementary School1.2 mi · 531
- D H Brent Elementary School1.4 mi · 541
- Hackberry Elementary School1.6 mi · 601
- Zellars Early Childhood Learning Center1.9 mi · 205
- Robertson Elementary School2.0 mi · 624
Frequently asked questions
About Cesar Chavez Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cesar Chavez Elementary School?
Cesar Chavez Elementary School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cesar Chavez Elementary School serve?
Cesar Chavez Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cesar Chavez Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cesar Chavez Elementary School is approximately 12.2:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cesar Chavez Elementary School?
At Cesar Chavez Elementary School, the student body is approximately 36% White, 29% Hispanic, 21% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Cesar Chavez Elementary School public or private?
Cesar Chavez Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LITTLE ELM ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.