Cesar Chavez Middle

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.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 2801 Hop Ranch Rd.
       Union City, CA  94587-5708


(510) 487-1700

District: New Haven Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1635th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,024 Help


Students who attend Cesar Chavez Middle usually attend:

High:    James Logan High

Feeder schools for Cesar Chavez Middle:

Elementary:    Guy Junior Emanuele Elementary
    Hillview Crest Elementary
    Searles Elementary
    Tom Kitayama Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  21.1 Help
Number of students:  979

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
59.7%
Asian:
25.1%
White:
5.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  74.1% Help


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Compare Details Cesar Chavez Middle ranks worse than 58.9% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 34.79. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (59.7%), Asian (25.1%), White (5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 74.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cesar Chavez Middle is 21.1. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cesar Chavez Middle is $11,024.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cesar Chavez Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Cesar Chavez Middle 1635th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Cesar Chavez Middle in the ranking list.)

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New Haven Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks New Haven Unified 703rd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Cesar Chavez Middle

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Rank History for all students at Cesar Chavez Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 52.26 735th 1769 58.5%
2005 58.03 651st 1777 63.4%
2006 60.91 620th 1804 65.6%
2007 59.75 682nd 1999 65.9%
2008 61.42 675th 2005 66.3%
2009 38.52 1241st 2063 39.8%
2010 36.69 1397th 2179 35.9%
2011 27.16 1722nd 2236 23.0%
2012 18.47 1949th 2259 13.7%
2013 21.19 1968th 2379 17.3%
2015 39.25 1359th 2477 45.1%
2016 28.53 1700th 2497 31.9%
2017 29.68 1680th 2508 33.0%
2018 27.45 1736th 2480 30.0%
2019 29.31 1813th 2715 33.2%
2022 37.14 1553rd 2740 43.3%
2023 33.62 1681st 2802 40.0%
2024 34.79 1635th 2777 41.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Cesar Chavez Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.13 364th 462 21.2%
2019 12.65 487th 554 12.1%
2022 25.60 500th 665 24.8%
2023 29.00 492nd 678 27.4%
2024 16.24 598th 699 14.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Cesar Chavez Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.09 778th 1364 43.0%
2019 38.03 754th 1442 47.7%
2022 35.05 974th 1540 36.8%
2023 34.81 992nd 1529 35.1%
2024 34.58 971st 1477 34.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Cesar Chavez Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 31.90 1018th 1538 33.8%
2024 26.91 1210th 1550 21.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cesar Chavez Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.91 1841st 2230 17.4%
2019 25.67 1848th 2369 22.0%
2022 35.74 1485th 2458 39.6%
2023 29.61 1779th 2549 30.2%
2024 33.38 1634th 2575 36.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Cesar Chavez Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.59 1628th 2262 28.0%
2019 31.74 1569th 2380 34.1%
2022 33.49 1541st 2509 38.6%
2023 31.00 1617th 2547 36.5%
2024 35.34 1495th 2546 41.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Cesar Chavez Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.90 807th 1369 41.1%
2019 25.32 1191st 1491 20.1%
2022 36.61 857th 1531 44.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Cesar Chavez Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.73 1599th 2273 29.7%
2019 26.53 1741st 2407 27.7%
2022 40.80 1314th 2527 48.0%
2023 35.82 1476th 2558 42.3%
2024 33.48 1537th 2547 39.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Cesar Chavez Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.15 627th 700 10.4%
2019 12.81 658th 745 11.7%
2022 31.99 535th 733 27.0%
2023 23.08 572nd 718 20.3%
2024 22.69 586th 741 20.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Cesar Chavez Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.71 446th 600 25.7%
2019 24.13 514th 643 20.1%
2022 50.68 260th 637 59.2%
2023 35.72 384th 614 37.5%
2024 32.83 407th 626 35.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cesar Chavez Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.93 1685th 2072 18.7%
2019 28.50 1593rd 2213 28.0%
2022 27.92 1709th 2359 27.6%
2023 26.39 1785th 2391 25.3%
2024 28.68 1692nd 2383 29.0%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Cesar Chavez Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.95 9th 11 18.2%
2019 23.25 17th 19 10.5%
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Rank History for White students at Cesar Chavez Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.09 1261st 1496 15.7%
2019 24.66 1220th 1602 23.8%
2022 28.48 1126th 1555 27.6%
2023 25.53 1165th 1552 24.9%
2024 24.80 1161st 1535 24.4%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Cesar Chavez Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 453 153 339 242 3 n/a n/a 0 1190
1989 437 155 382 255 2 n/a n/a 0 1231
1990 458 169 396 254 2 n/a n/a 0 1279
1991 396 182 520 276 4 n/a n/a 0 1378
1992 387 213 498 296 4 n/a n/a 0 1398
1993 353 213 526 297 2 n/a n/a 0 1391
1994 330 208 540 312 4 n/a n/a 0 1394
1995 345 185 542 309 5 n/a n/a 0 1386
1996 345 185 542 309 5 n/a n/a 0 1386
1997 362 189 500 330 8 n/a n/a 0 1389
1998 371 207 511 327 5 n/a n/a 0 1421
1999 348 175 541 310 7 n/a n/a 0 1381
2000 251 127 406 234 6 n/a n/a 0 1024
2001 222 125 463 213 6 n/a n/a 0 1029
2002 227 149 452 291 4 n/a n/a 0 1123
2003 227 149 452 291 4 n/a n/a 0 1123
2004 211 132 454 337 6 n/a n/a 2 1142
2005 179 121 484 343 2 n/a n/a 0 1129
2006 156 135 501 372 6 n/a n/a 0 1170
2007 154 122 481 392 4 n/a n/a 1 1154
2008 154 106 470 383 4 n/a n/a 0 1117
2009 134 134 368 649 4 73 74 0 1436
2010 121 134 372 718 1 68 46 0 1460
2011 108 123 353 752 1 58 73 0 1468
2012 99 114 355 801 1 52 78 0 1500
2013 78 98 327 789 5 45 76 0 1418
2014 82 83 327 749 3 39 66 0 1349
2015 72 69 316 736 2 30 58 0 1283
2016 72 67 313 758 3 27 44 0 1284
2017 62 58 290 765 3 27 50 0 1255
2018 67 53 295 743 4 38 52 0 1252
2019 68 60 271 719 4 36 52 0 1210
2020 60 56 268 650 5 24 47 0 1110
2021 40 46 247 610 8 22 37 0 1010
2022 47 38 217 572 9 16 37 0 936
2023 42 40 241 628 8 17 36 0 1012
2024 49 36 246 584 9 9 45 1 979

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cesar Chavez Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1190 53.7 22.1 n/a
1989 1231 58.6 21.0 n/a
1990 1279 59.2 21.6 n/a
1991 1378 62.9 21.9 n/a
1992 1398 63.9 21.8 20
1993 1391 64.1 21.7 27.2
1994 1394 62.3 22.4 30.3
1995 1386 63.5 21.8 34.3
1996 1386 63.5 21.8 34.3
1997 1389 64.1 21.7 33.4
1998 1421 63.8 22.3 31.5
1999 1381 61.9 22.3 29
2000 1024 49.7 20.6 25.4
2001 1029 45.8 22.5 25.2
2002 1123 48.3 23.3 27.6
2003 1123 48.3 23.3 27.6
2004 1142 46.1 24.8 18.4
2005 1129 46.3 24.4 31.2
2006 1170 47.5 24.6 32.6
2007 1154 47.4 24.3 34.9
2008 1117 54.7 20.4 30.7
2009 1436 58.2 22.0 41.3
2010 1460 56.4 25.8 52.2
2011 1468 n/a n/a 53.7
2012 1500 59.3 25.2 n/a
2013 1418 57.0 24.8 61.4
2014 1349 54.0 24.9 60.3
2015 1283 50.0 25.6 50.7
2016 1284 47.0 27.3 55.4
2017 1255 51.2 24.5 61.8
2018 1252 54.5 22.9 62.1
2019 1210 49.2 24.5 58.8
2020 1110 n/a n/a 59.9
2021 1010 45.4 22.2 51.4
2022 936 42.4 22.0 55.3
2023 1012 44.3 22.8 49.4
2024 979 46.3 21.1 74.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cesar Chavez Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1190 53.7 22.1 n/a
1989 1231 58.6 21.0 n/a
1990 1279 59.2 21.6 n/a
1991 1378 62.9 21.9 n/a
1992 1398 63.9 21.8 20
1993 1391 64.1 21.7 27.2
1994 1394 62.3 22.4 30.3
1995 1386 63.5 21.8 34.3
1996 1386 63.5 21.8 34.3
1997 1389 64.1 21.7 33.4
1998 1421 63.8 22.3 31.5
1999 1381 61.9 22.3 29
2000 1024 49.7 20.6 25.4
2001 1029 45.8 22.5 25.2
2002 1123 48.3 23.3 27.6
2003 1123 48.3 23.3 27.6
2004 1142 46.1 24.8 18.4
2005 1129 46.3 24.4 31.2
2006 1170 47.5 24.6 32.6
2007 1154 47.4 24.3 34.9
2008 1117 54.7 20.4 30.7
2009 1436 58.2 22.0 41.3
2010 1460 56.4 25.8 52.2
2011 1468 n/a n/a 53.7
2012 1500 59.3 25.2 n/a
2013 1418 57.0 24.8 61.4
2014 1349 54.0 24.9 60.3
2015 1283 50.0 25.6 50.7
2016 1284 47.0 27.3 55.4
2017 1255 51.2 24.5 61.8
2018 1252 54.5 22.9 62.1
2019 1210 49.2 24.5 58.8
2020 1110 n/a n/a 59.9
2021 1010 45.4 22.2 51.4
2022 936 42.4 22.0 55.3
2023 1012 44.3 22.8 49.4
2024 979 46.3 21.1 74.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Cesar Chavez Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $11,024

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Cesar Chavez Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1813th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1681st of 2802 Middle schools
 6.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Cesar Chavez Middle)30.528.2
 2.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (New Haven Unified)36.942.8
 5.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Cesar Chavez Middle)2819.7
 8.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (New Haven Unified)34.329.9
 4.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Cesar Chavez Middle)34.330.9
 3.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (New Haven Unified)41.945.7
 3.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Cesar Chavez Middle)26.121.3
 4.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (New Haven Unified)37.729.3
 8.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Cesar Chavez Middle)35.839.7
 4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (New Haven Unified)41.250.7
 9.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Cesar Chavez Middle)23.922.4
 1.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (New Haven Unified)35.729.9
 5.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Cesar Chavez Middle)22.525.6
 3.1%
   8th Grade Science (New Haven Unified)22.333.1
 10.8%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students12101012
 16.4%
African American6040
 33.3%
American Indian48
 100%
Asian271241
 11.1%
Hispanic719628
 12.7%
Pacific Islander3617
 52.8%
White6842
 38.2%
Two or More Races5236
 30.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients58.8%49.4%
 9.4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Cesar Chavez Middle

Students at Cesar Chavez Middle are 60% Hispanic, 25% Asian, 5% White, 5% Two or more races, 4% African American.

Cesar Chavez Middle ranks 1635th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Cesar Chavez Middle usually go on to attend James Logan High

In the 2023-24 school year, 979 students attended Cesar Chavez Middle.


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