Summary:
Cesar Chavez Middle is a public middle school located in Union City, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 1,012 students. The school is part of the New Haven Unified School District, which is ranked 703 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Cesar Chavez Middle consistently ranks in the bottom half of California middle schools, typically between 1,500-1,800 out of around 2,700 schools. The school's performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments is significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 34.66% of Cesar Chavez Middle students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 50.07% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate at Cesar Chavez Middle was just 22.6%, while the district and state averages were 35.68% and 35.54%, respectively. The school has also struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 7.4% in 2020-2021 to 47.5% in 2018-2019.
Compared to nearby schools, Itliong-Vera Cruz Middle, another school in the New Haven Unified District, consistently outperforms Cesar Chavez Middle across academic metrics, with significantly higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. Nearby schools in the Fremont Unified District, such as Thornton Middle and Centerville Middle, also significantly outperform Cesar Chavez Middle, with proficiency rates that are 20-30 percentage points higher. The chronic absenteeism rate at Itliong-Vera Cruz Middle (8.9%) is less than half of Cesar Chavez Middle's rate, and the Fremont Unified schools have even lower chronic absenteeism rates.
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Detail:
Public 6-8
District:
New Haven Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
1635th of 2,777 California Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,024
Students who attend Cesar Chavez Middle usually attend:
Feeder schools for Cesar Chavez Middle:
Student/teacher ratio: 22.8
Number of students: 1,012
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
62.1%
Asian:
23.8%
White:
4.2%
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African American:
4.0%
Two or more races:
3.6%
Pacific Islander:
1.7%
American Indian:
0.8%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 49.4%
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