Cesar Chavez Elementary

As a sizable primary school in Madison, Wisconsin, Cesar Chavez Elementary hosts 631 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Madison Metropolitan School District. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 95% bigger than typical.

Madison Metropolitan School District comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 25,155 students; Cesar Chavez Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Cesar Chavez Elementary shows that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 27% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Dane County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cesar Chavez Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.8%; this one delivers 47.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dane County indicate median household income runs about $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cesar Chavez Elementary is one of 169 public schools in Dane County (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students).

Nearest neighbor: Huegel Elementary, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cesar Chavez Elementary. On composite proficiency, Cesar Chavez Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 63.2%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 654 students in 2018 compared to 631 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 19% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Cesar Chavez Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.