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Enrollment
631
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550852002483
Cesar Chavez Elementary
3502 Maple Grove Dr, Madison, WI 53719 · (608) 442-2000 · Dane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL631 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
204 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 42%
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 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.4%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
43.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.4% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 41.5% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 Elementary
Cesar Chavez Elementary's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Chavez Elementary this school | 631 | 32.3% | 47.0% |
| Pleasant Prairie Elementary Pleasant Prairie | 542 | 35.6% | 60.5% |
| Nash Elementary Kenosha | 576 | 31.1% | 63.8% |
| Sugar Creek Elementary Verona | 645 | 29.9% | 61.0% |
| Ruth Harman Academy Kenosha | 427 | 37.0% | 52.3% |
| Lake Country Academy - Charter Sheboygan | 447 | 37.6% | 60.6% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #665 of 982 | #56 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #690 of 992 ▲ 32 | #53 of 74 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #596 of 992 ▲ 77 | #53 of 74 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 631 | #44 of 1,157 | #2 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #281 of 901 | #48 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #108 of 901 | #19 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.3% | #703 of 1,064 | #36 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #594 of 664 | #57 of 61 |
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
631
+29 (+5%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 631 | 52.6 | 12.0:1 | 32% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 48.3 | 13.5:1 | 34% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 47.9 | 12.7:1 | 37% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 602 | 47 | 12.8:1 | 39% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 49.4 | 13.2:1 | 31% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 678 | 48 | 14.1:1 | 25% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | 39 | 15.9:1 | 26% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cesar Chavez Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (654 to 631); teachers up 6% (49.4 to 52.6).
About Cesar Chavez Elementary
Cesar Chavez Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Madison, Wisconsin. The latest federal count shows 631 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, enrollment here is 95% higher.
Within Madison Metropolitan School District, Cesar Chavez Elementary is one of 53 schools. The district enrolls 25,155 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Cesar Chavez Elementary. The largest is White students, at 47%. Other students are 27% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. That is lower than the 77% White share among all Dane County residents. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Cesar Chavez Elementary employs 52.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.0:1. This ratio sits 2.7 below the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 32% in 2024-25. That tracks the 32% average for public schools in Dane County.
Cesar Chavez Elementary is 10.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (47.0% versus 57.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
Federal survey data for Dane County show that the median household income is $89,975, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 55% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Dane County is home to 169 public schools and about 78,525 public school students.
Huegel Elementary is the closest public school, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Cesar Chavez Elementary. By average proficiency, Cesar Chavez Elementary is 8th among 8 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, Cesar Chavez Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 5% from 2020-21, when Cesar Chavez Elementary had 602 students, to 2024-25, when it had 631.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Cesar Chavez Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Dane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
572,674
Census ACS
Median income
$89,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
78,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison Metropolitan School District
- West HighHigh · 2,222 students
- Vel Phillips Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- East HighHigh · 1,643 students
- LaFollette HighHigh · 1,541 students
- Hamilton MiddleMiddle · 790 students
- Leopold ElementaryElementary · 626 students
Other schools in Madison
- West HighHigh · 2,222 students
- Vel Phillips Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- East HighHigh · 1,643 students
- LaFollette HighHigh · 1,541 students
- Hamilton MiddleMiddle · 790 students
- Leopold ElementaryElementary · 626 students
Other Cesar Chavez Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 8 states are named Cesar Chavez Elementary. Cesar Chavez Elementary is the 5th largest of the 15.
- 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
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryCoachella, CA · 622 students
Nearby schools
- Huegel Elementary1.2 mi · 417
- Sugar Creek Elementary1.9 mi · 645
- New Century School2.0 mi · 122
- Verona Area International School2.0 mi · 113
- Early Childhood2.0 mi · 19
- Badger Ridge Middle2.1 mi · 776
Frequently asked questions
About Cesar Chavez ElementaryHow large is Cesar Chavez Elementary?
Cesar Chavez Elementary enrolls approximately 631 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cesar Chavez Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cesar Chavez Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cesar Chavez Elementary have?
Cesar Chavez Elementary employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is Cesar Chavez Elementary?
Cesar Chavez Elementary reports a student body of 47% White, 27% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Cesar Chavez Elementary in?
Cesar Chavez Elementary is part of Madison Metropolitan School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.