Is Cesar E. Chavez Elementary a good school?

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary ranks in the bottom 14.5% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Cesar E. Chavez Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 777 students attended Cesar E. Chavez Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Cesar E. Chavez Elementary?

Students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary are 98% Hispanic, 1% White.

What schools do graduates of Cesar E. Chavez Elementary attend?

Students who attend Cesar E. Chavez Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering High : Pacifica High

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Summary:

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is a public K-8 school in Oxnard, California, serving 879 students. The school is part of the Oxnard School District, which is ranked 1236 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 15% of California elementary schools, with significantly below-average performance on state assessments. In 2023-2024, only 25.05% of its students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 30.14% in the Oxnard district and 47.04% statewide. In Math, only 15.61% of Cesar E. Chavez students were proficient, compared to 20.16% in Oxnard and 35.54% statewide. The school serves a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds (96.36%) and English Language Learners (30-40%), which may contribute to its academic challenges. Additionally, Cesar E. Chavez has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 7.1% in 2017-2018 to 36.6% in 2021-2022.

Compared to nearby Elm Street Elementary, Sierra Linda Elementary, Norman R. Brekke Elementary, Rose Avenue Elementary, and Curren Elementary, Cesar E. Chavez performs significantly worse, with lower academic achievement and higher chronic absenteeism. The school's subgroup performance is particularly low for male, Hispanic, and special education students, suggesting the need for targeted interventions and additional resources to support student learning and well-being.

Detail:

Public K-8

301 North Marquita St.
Oxnard, CA 93030-3792

(805) 385-1524

District: Oxnard

SchoolDigger Rank:
5012^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $3,922

Students who attend Cesar E. Chavez Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering
High:	Pacifica High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.5

Number of students: 777

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.3%

White:

1.2%

African American:

0.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 96.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Cesar E. Chavez Elementary ranks worse than 85.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 14^th among 17 ranked elementary schools in the Oxnard School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.07. (See more...)

Compare Details Cesar E. Chavez Elementary ranks worse than 83.9% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.15. (See more...)

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

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (98.3%), White (1.2%), African American (0.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 96.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Oxnard School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is 20.5. 9 elementary schools in the Oxnard School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Cesar E. Chavez Elementary employs 37.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary is $3,922. 11 elementary schools in the Oxnard School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Cesar E. Chavez Elementary 5012^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Cesar E. Chavez Elementary in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Cesar E. Chavez Elementary 2329^th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Cesar E. Chavez Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Oxnard:

SchoolDigger ranks Oxnard 1236^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	6.52	4775^th	4809	0.7%
2005	6.42	4779^th	4822	0.9%
2006	6.86	4751^st	4818	1.4%
2007	16.56	4535^th	5113	11.3%
2008	8.55	4983^rd	5113	2.5%
2009	12.94	4851^st	5193	6.6%
2010	9.48	5178^th	5314	2.6%
2011	4.33	5351^st	5377	0.5%
2012	7.51	5286^th	5390	1.9%
2013	5.89	5452^nd	5530	1.4%
2015	15.71	5026^th	5611	10.4%
2016	11.06	5373^rd	5614	4.3%
2017	10.85	5449^th	5692	4.3%
2018	11.33	5361^st	5662	5.3%
2019	19.34	4866^th	5789	15.9%
2022	14.24	5428^th	5883	7.7%
2023	15.44	5285^th	5874	10.0%
2024	18.07	5012^th	5862	14.5%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	35.12	2052^nd	3246	36.8%
2019	35.60	2082^nd	3275	36.4%
2022	36.51	2086^th	3311	37.0%
2023	33.66	2266^th	3250	30.3%
2024	44.43	1516^th	3160	52.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	28.89	1702^nd	2420	29.7%
2024	23.61	2192^nd	2634	16.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	16.23	4693^rd	5084	7.7%
2019	28.11	4021^st	5173	22.3%
2022	19.91	4664^th	5264	11.4%
2023	20.75	4652^nd	5374	13.4%
2024	23.60	4487^th	5511	18.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	29.54	281^st	356	21.1%
2023	48.62	143^rd	336	57.4%
2024	40.73	216^th	364	40.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	12.71	5083^rd	5413	6.1%
2019	19.05	4706^th	5492	14.3%
2022	12.29	5411^th	5635	4.0%
2023	13.70	5260^th	5617	6.4%
2024	16.87	4971^st	5605	11.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	18.70	2415^th	2585	6.6%
2022	31.47	1423^rd	2227	36.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	10.39	5249^th	5431	3.4%
2019	21.01	4569^th	5510	17.1%
2022	18.23	4908^th	5663	13.3%
2023	18.77	4841^st	5650	14.3%
2024	20.87	4625^th	5636	17.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	15.16	4501^st	4830	6.8%
2019	27.88	3843^rd	4963	22.6%
2022	19.23	4562^nd	5084	10.3%
2023	21.86	4341^st	5098	14.8%
2024	25.08	4099^th	5102	19.7%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2015	11.22	2310^th	2477	6.7%
2016	7.27	2405^th	2497	3.7%
2017	9.21	2404^th	2508	4.1%
2018	8.68	2381^st	2480	4.0%
2019	9.30	2571^st	2715	5.3%
2022	14.10	2487^th	2740	9.2%
2023	14.80	2516^th	2802	10.2%
2024	18.15	2329^th	2777	16.1%

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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.24	1194^th	1364	12.5%
2019	25.95	1338^th	1442	7.2%
2022	34.08	1016^th	1540	34.0%
2023	28.70	1291^st	1529	15.6%
2024	28.23	1326^th	1477	10.2%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	26.69	1195^th	1538	22.3%
2024	20.70	1437^th	1550	7.3%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	11.07	2122^nd	2230	4.8%
2019	11.62	2229^th	2369	5.9%
2022	18.38	2163^rd	2458	12.0%
2023	18.25	2250^th	2549	11.7%
2024	23.78	2031^st	2575	21.1%

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Rank History for middle school Homeless students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	24.64	278^th	336	17.3%
2023	39.29	177^th	321	44.9%
2024	42.59	196^th	394	50.3%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	9.01	2175^th	2262	3.8%
2019	8.41	2307^th	2380	3.1%
2022	11.59	2381^st	2509	5.1%
2023	11.55	2429^th	2547	4.6%
2024	16.05	2256^th	2546	11.4%

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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	33.31	922^nd	1491	38.2%
2022	23.10	1337^th	1531	12.7%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	8.21	2222^nd	2273	2.2%
2019	10.05	2303^rd	2407	4.3%
2022	17.97	2158^th	2527	14.6%
2023	19.24	2140^th	2558	16.3%
2024	20.49	2065^th	2547	18.9%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	10.80	1987^th	2072	4.1%
2019	11.33	2097^th	2213	5.2%
2022	17.71	2105^th	2359	10.8%
2023	17.67	2107^th	2391	11.9%
2024	24.50	1845^th	2383	22.6%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	131	32	5	617	0	n/a	n/a	0	785
1989	93	38	4	656	0	n/a	n/a	0	791
1990	32	25	7	726	0	n/a	n/a	0	790
1991	34	15	6	656	0	n/a	n/a	0	711
1992	5	19	3	911	0	n/a	n/a	0	938
1993	2	20	2	837	5	n/a	n/a	0	866
1994	3	16	0	904	5	n/a	n/a	0	928
1995	7	17	1	926	0	n/a	n/a	0	951
1996	7	17	1	926	0	n/a	n/a	0	951
1997	5	10	1	988	0	n/a	n/a	0	1004
1998	7	15	0	830	0	n/a	n/a	0	852
1999	13	13	1	847	0	n/a	n/a	0	874
2000	14	7	1	855	0	n/a	n/a	1	878
2001	6	8	4	813	0	n/a	n/a	9	840
2002	8	8	0	766	0	n/a	n/a	2	784
2003	8	8	0	766	0	n/a	n/a	2	784
2004	7	3	2	634	0	n/a	n/a	1	647
2005	9	1	3	568	0	n/a	n/a	2	583
2006	6	0	1	588	0	n/a	n/a	2	597
2007	5	2	1	556	0	n/a	n/a	1	565
2008	5	3	n/a	562	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	570
2009	7	3	1	571	0	0	5	0	587
2010	4	6	3	659	0	0	1	0	673
2011	4	7	4	702	0	0	1	0	718
2012	2	2	4	758	0	0	0	0	766
2013	2	1	3	769	0	0	0	0	775
2014	4	1	3	890	0	0	0	0	898
2015	5	0	3	874	0	0	0	0	882
2016	2	1	4	927	0	0	0	0	934
2017	10	1	2	895	0	0	0	0	908
2018	13	1	2	896	0	1	0	0	913
2019	11	1	1	882	0	1	0	0	896
2020	11	1	1	874	0	1	0	0	888
2021	11	2	2	832	0	1	0	0	848
2022	18	10	3	947	0	1	4	0	983
2023	15	3	2	857	1	0	1	0	879
2024	9	2	0	764	0	1	0	1	777

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 E. Chavez Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	785	32.7	24.0	n/a
1989	791	31.0	25.5	n/a
1990	790	33.0	23.9	n/a
1991	711	29.0	24.5	n/a
1992	938	29.5	31.7	91.3
1993	866	30.0	28.9	95
1994	928	32.0	29.0	93.4
1995	951	33.0	28.8	94.6
1996	951	33.0	28.8	94.6
1997	1004	37.0	27.1	93.9
1998	852	37.0	23.0	95
1999	874	38.0	23.0	95
2000	878	40.5	21.7	93.4
2001	840	39.0	21.5	94
2002	784	41.0	19.1	87.2
2003	784	41.0	19.1	87.2
2004	647	33.0	19.6	85.4
2005	583	29.0	20.1	87.4
2006	597	31.0	19.3	92.3
2007	565	27.0	20.9	81.6
2008	570	28.0	20.4	93.5
2009	587	26.4	20.7	86.9
2010	673	24.0	28.0	72.2
2011	718	n/a	n/a	95.5
2012	766	25.9	29.5	n/a
2013	775	30.0	25.8	93.7
2014	898	33.0	27.2	96.7
2015	882	33.0	26.7	95.6
2016	934	36.0	25.9	94.5
2017	908	35.6	25.5	95.6
2018	913	36.8	24.7	96.2
2019	896	38.7	23.1	88.7
2020	888	n/a	n/a	94.8
2021	848	38.0	22.3	96.9
2022	983	41.5	23.6	93.3
2023	879	41.8	21.0	96.4
2024	777	37.8	20.5	96.7

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 E. Chavez Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	785	32.7	24.0	n/a
1989	791	31.0	25.5	n/a
1990	790	33.0	23.9	n/a
1991	711	29.0	24.5	n/a
1992	938	29.5	31.7	91.3
1993	866	30.0	28.9	95
1994	928	32.0	29.0	93.4
1995	951	33.0	28.8	94.6
1996	951	33.0	28.8	94.6
1997	1004	37.0	27.1	93.9
1998	852	37.0	23.0	95
1999	874	38.0	23.0	95
2000	878	40.5	21.7	93.4
2001	840	39.0	21.5	94
2002	784	41.0	19.1	87.2
2003	784	41.0	19.1	87.2
2004	647	33.0	19.6	85.4
2005	583	29.0	20.1	87.4
2006	597	31.0	19.3	92.3
2007	565	27.0	20.9	81.6
2008	570	28.0	20.4	93.5
2009	587	26.4	20.7	86.9
2010	673	24.0	28.0	72.2
2011	718	n/a	n/a	95.5
2012	766	25.9	29.5	n/a
2013	775	30.0	25.8	93.7
2014	898	33.0	27.2	96.7
2015	882	33.0	26.7	95.6
2016	934	36.0	25.9	94.5
2017	908	35.6	25.5	95.6
2018	913	36.8	24.7	96.2
2019	896	38.7	23.1	88.7
2020	888	n/a	n/a	94.8
2021	848	38.0	22.3	96.9
2022	983	41.5	23.6	93.3
2023	879	41.8	21.0	96.4
2024	777	37.8	20.5	96.7

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.

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