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What's something CESAR CHAVEZ LEARNING CENTER does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623007572
Cesar Chavez Learning Center
1710 N CARROLL, DALLAS, TX 75204 · (972) 925-1000 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
14.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
537 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 68 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 18.0% | 27.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 24.0% | 21.0% | 42.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Chavez Learning Center
Cesar Chavez Learning Center's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Chavez Learning Center this school | 541 | 99.3% | 32.1% |
| Ronald E McNair Elementary School DALLAS | 500 | 98.2% | 32.9% |
| Marlin Elementary School MARLIN | 479 | 98.5% | 25.1% |
| H S Thompson Learning Center DALLAS | 545 | 98.7% | 23.9% |
| South Waco Elementary School WACO | 490 | 97.1% | 12.0% |
| Shadydale Elementary School HOUSTON | 576 | 96.5% | 32.9% |
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 Learning Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #3,470 of 4,401 | #305 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,200 of 4,466 ▼ 380 | #290 of 429 ▼ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,982 of 4,466 ▼ 409 | #368 of 429 ▼ 44 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.5pp | #270 of 3,998 | #33 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #2,119 of 4,938 | #169 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,272 of 4,622 | #206 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #1,797 of 4,628 | #118 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #70 of 4,789 | #10 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.1% | #553 of 1,307 | #50 of 118 |
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
541
-52 (-9%) vs 2020
-40% since 2000-01, when it was 897
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 541 | 36.5 | 14.8:1 | 99% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 39.5 | 13.8:1 | 95% (518) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 41 | 13.6:1 | 96% (537) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 96% (568) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 96% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 42 | 13.0:1 | 96% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 98% (590) |
| 2000-01 | 897 | 57 | 15.7:1 | 94% (839) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cesar Chavez Learning Center.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (470 to 541); teachers up 11% (33 to 36.5).
About Cesar Chavez Learning Center
Cesar Chavez Learning Center is a medium-sized elementary school in DALLAS ISD, located in DALLAS, Texas. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 541 students.
DALLAS ISD has 140,630 students in 240 schools, and Cesar Chavez Learning Center is one of those schools.
Cesar Chavez Learning Center's enrollment is 53% Black. Next come 40% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. That compares with about 22% Black among all Dallas County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Cesar Chavez Learning Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
The teaching staff at Cesar Chavez Learning Center is 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.8:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. On average, public schools in Dallas County report 77%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Cesar Chavez Learning Center receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Cesar Chavez Learning Center is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (32.1% versus 31.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
County data help place the school in context: in Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Cesar Chavez Learning Center is among the 771 public schools in Dallas County.
The closest public school to Cesar Chavez Learning Center is Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Cesar Chavez Learning Center, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Cesar Chavez Learning Center ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Cesar Chavez Learning Center's location as City: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 541, 9% below the 593 of 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DALLAS ISD
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
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- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
- Moises E Molina High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Woodrow Wilson High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy0.3 mi · 149
- Uplift Atlas Prep High School0.3 mi · 503
- Uplift Atlas Prep Middle School0.3 mi · 422
- Uplift Atlas Prep PS0.3 mi · 643
- Alex W Spence Talented/Gifted Academy0.5 mi · 486
- Ignite Middle at Jw Ray Learning Center0.5 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About Cesar Chavez Learning CenterHow large is Cesar Chavez Learning Center?
Cesar Chavez Learning Center enrolls approximately 541 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cesar Chavez Learning Center serve?
Cesar Chavez Learning Center serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cesar Chavez Learning Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cesar Chavez Learning Center is approximately 14.8:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cesar Chavez Learning Center?
At Cesar Chavez Learning Center, the student body is approximately 2% White, 40% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Cesar Chavez Learning Center?
Cesar Chavez Learning Center is overseen by DALLAS ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.