Is Chavez (Cesar) Elementary a good school?

Chavez (Cesar) Elementary ranks in the bottom 4.1% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Chavez (Cesar) Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 411 students attended Chavez (Cesar) Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Chavez (Cesar) Elementary?

Students at Chavez (Cesar) Elementary are 91% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 3% African American, 1% White.

What schools do graduates of Chavez (Cesar) Elementary attend?

Students who attend Chavez (Cesar) Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Everett Middle High : Academy (The)- SF @McAteer High : Asawa (Ruth) SF School of the Arts A Public School High : Balboa High High : Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High High : Galileo High High : Jordan (June) School for Equity High : Lincoln (Abraham) High High : Lowell High High : Marshall (Thurgood) High High : Mission High High : O'Connell (John) High High : S.F. International High High : Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High High : Washington (George) High

Chavez (Cesar) Elementary

Summary:

Chavez (Cesar) Elementary is a public elementary school in San Francisco, California, serving 423 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the San Francisco Unified School District, which is ranked 651 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

Chavez (Cesar) Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 5% of California elementary schools, with significantly below-average academic performance across all grade levels and subject areas. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are particularly low, with only 12.89% of students proficient or better in ELA, compared to 53.73% in the district and 47.04% statewide. The school also struggles with high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 23.2% to 70.2% in recent years, and a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Flynn (Leonard R.) Elementary, Bryant Elementary, and Moscone (George R.) Elementary, Chavez (Cesar) Elementary performs significantly worse academically and has higher rates of chronic absenteeism and economic disadvantage. The nearby Thomas Edison Charter Academy also outperforms Chavez (Cesar) Elementary, particularly for English Language Learners and students with disabilities.

Detail:

Public K-5

825 Shotwell St.
San Francisco, CA 94110-3212

(415) 695-5765

District: San Francisco Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5623^rd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,103

Students who attend Chavez (Cesar) Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Everett Middle
High:	Academy (The)- SF @McAteer
	Asawa (Ruth) SF School of the Arts A Public School
	Balboa High
	Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High
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	Galileo High
	Jordan (June) School for Equity
	Lincoln (Abraham) High
	Lowell High
	Marshall (Thurgood) High
	Mission High
	O'Connell (John) High
	S.F. International High
	Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High
	Washington (George) High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.9

Number of students: 411

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

90.8%

Two or more races:

4.9%

African American:

2.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 62%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Chavez (Cesar) Elementary ranks worse than 95.9% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 61^st among 71 ranked elementary schools in the San Francisco Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 10.96. (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 (90.8%), two or more races (4.9%), African American (2.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 62% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Chavez (Cesar) Elementary is 24.9. 63 elementary schools in the San Francisco Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Chavez (Cesar) Elementary employs 16.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Chavez (Cesar) Elementary is $6,103, which is the highest among 72 elementary schools in the San Francisco Unified School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Chavez (Cesar) Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Chavez (Cesar) Elementary 5623^rd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Chavez (Cesar) Elementary in the ranking list.)

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San Francisco Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks San Francisco Unified 651^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Chavez (Cesar) Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Chavez (Cesar) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	24.59	3593^rd	4809	25.3%
2005	22.83	3774^th	4822	21.7%
2006	25.70	3616^th	4818	24.9%
2007	8.60	4983^rd	5113	2.5%
2008	8.40	4994^th	5113	2.3%
2009	9.49	5023^rd	5193	3.3%
2010	13.33	4991^st	5314	6.1%
2011	13.25	5052^nd	5377	6.0%
2012	7.62	5281^st	5390	2.0%
2013	14.87	5057^th	5530	8.6%
2015	13.43	5247^th	5611	6.5%
2016	12.33	5283^rd	5614	5.9%
2017	10.31	5474^th	5692	3.8%
2018	8.58	5503^rd	5662	2.8%
2019	9.17	5615^th	5789	3.0%
2022	6.54	5859^th	5883	0.4%
2023	8.53	5780^th	5874	1.6%
2024	10.96	5623^rd	5862	4.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Chavez (Cesar) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.02	2722^nd	3246	16.1%
2019	30.74	2432^nd	3275	25.7%
2022	22.09	3101^st	3311	6.3%
2023	30.30	2510^th	3250	22.8%
2024	36.67	2056^th	3160	34.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Chavez (Cesar) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	16.75	2365^th	2420	2.3%
2024	34.09	1609^th	2634	38.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Chavez (Cesar) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	13.09	4829^th	5084	5.0%
2019	15.83	4791^st	5173	7.4%
2022	6.67	5243^rd	5264	0.4%
2023	8.97	5305^th	5374	1.3%
2024	13.89	5207^th	5511	5.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Chavez (Cesar) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	8.34	5305^th	5413	2.0%
2019	9.68	5323^rd	5492	3.1%
2022	9.41	5558^th	5635	1.4%
2023	9.97	5507^th	5617	2.0%
2024	9.12	5498^th	5605	1.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Chavez (Cesar) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.03	1970^th	2128	7.4%
2019	22.79	2190^th	2585	15.3%
2022	19.71	2026^th	2227	9.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Chavez (Cesar) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	9.84	5281^st	5431	2.8%
2019	10.16	5342^nd	5510	3.0%
2022	5.53	5658^th	5663	0.1%
2023	9.07	5566^th	5650	1.5%
2024	15.12	5151^st	5636	8.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Chavez (Cesar) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	12.93	4598^th	4830	4.8%
2019	13.11	4739^th	4963	4.5%
2022	7.36	5069^th	5084	0.3%
2023	10.46	5007^th	5098	1.8%
2024	14.49	4787^th	5102	6.2%

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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 Chavez (Cesar) Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	84	116	169	221	2	n/a	n/a	0	592
1989	76	100	168	210	5	n/a	n/a	0	559
1990	80	96	191	222	6	n/a	n/a	0	595
1991	68	78	171	231	5	n/a	n/a	0	553
1992	65	78	184	213	7	n/a	n/a	0	547
1993	74	81	178	215	8	n/a	n/a	0	556
1994	54	59	170	230	5	n/a	n/a	0	518
1995	40	62	193	225	9	n/a	n/a	0	529
1996	40	62	193	225	9	n/a	n/a	0	529
1997	32	54	210	245	5	n/a	n/a	0	546
1998	30	47	206	253	6	n/a	n/a	0	542
1999	27	46	200	253	4	n/a	n/a	0	530
2000	21	38	183	259	3	n/a	n/a	0	504
2001	14	24	144	281	4	n/a	n/a	1	468
2002	9	10	80	302	6	n/a	n/a	3	410
2003	9	10	80	302	6	n/a	n/a	3	410
2004	7	9	49	294	6	n/a	n/a	7	372
2005	6	8	41	302	6	n/a	n/a	10	373
2006	6	12	35	312	8	n/a	n/a	10	383
2007	7	11	17	340	7	n/a	n/a	29	411
2008	6	11	19	379	6	n/a	n/a	0	421
2009	6	11	18	395	5	3	23	0	461
2010	7	11	17	428	3	3	25	0	494
2011	6	14	15	403	3	4	25	0	470
2012	7	19	29	398	4	4	19	0	480
2013	7	11	22	398	2	6	19	0	465
2014	9	12	17	400	2	8	13	0	461
2015	8	13	13	382	1	6	16	0	439
2016	11	6	14	378	1	5	14	0	429
2017	11	6	15	380	1	4	17	0	434
2018	10	9	8	353	0	4	27	0	411
2019	12	11	9	371	0	3	28	0	434
2020	16	10	13	376	0	2	30	0	447
2021	12	17	9	355	0	2	29	0	424
2022	9	14	4	372	0	2	26	0	427
2023	9	13	4	372	0	3	21	1	423
2024	6	11	0	373	0	1	20	0	411

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 Chavez (Cesar) Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	592	24.6	24.0	n/a
1989	559	25.5	21.9	n/a
1990	595	25.5	23.3	n/a
1991	553	24.2	22.8	n/a
1992	547	24.6	22.2	78.4
1993	556	23.5	23.7	82
1994	518	26.5	19.5	74.3
1995	529	22.5	23.5	93.6
1996	529	22.5	23.5	93.6
1997	546	29.0	18.8	81.9
1998	542	31.0	17.5	94.6
1999	530	30.0	17.7	89.1
2000	504	29.2	17.3	76.6
2001	468	28.0	16.7	92.1
2002	410	24.5	16.7	86.2
2003	410	24.5	16.7	86.2
2004	372	23.0	16.2	90.7
2005	373	24.8	15.0	78
2006	383	25.0	15.3	0
2007	411	27.0	15.2	90.1
2008	421	28.3	14.9	84.6
2009	461	29.3	15.2	77.9
2010	494	31.8	15.5	86.2
2011	470	n/a	n/a	86.4
2012	480	27.0	17.7	84.6
2013	465	24.8	18.7	91.8
2014	461	22.5	20.4	92.8
2015	439	22.0	19.9	93.4
2016	429	25.0	17.1	81.1
2017	434	20.0	21.7	82.5
2018	411	23.5	17.4	82
2019	434	14.5	29.9	76.5
2020	447	n/a	n/a	74.7
2021	424	22.5	18.8	63.4
2022	427	21.0	20.3	66.5
2023	423	20.0	21.1	71.9
2024	411	16.5	24.9	62

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 Chavez (Cesar) Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	592	24.6	24.0	n/a
1989	559	25.5	21.9	n/a
1990	595	25.5	23.3	n/a
1991	553	24.2	22.8	n/a
1992	547	24.6	22.2	78.4
1993	556	23.5	23.7	82
1994	518	26.5	19.5	74.3
1995	529	22.5	23.5	93.6
1996	529	22.5	23.5	93.6
1997	546	29.0	18.8	81.9
1998	542	31.0	17.5	94.6
1999	530	30.0	17.7	89.1
2000	504	29.2	17.3	76.6
2001	468	28.0	16.7	92.1
2002	410	24.5	16.7	86.2
2003	410	24.5	16.7	86.2
2004	372	23.0	16.2	90.7
2005	373	24.8	15.0	78
2006	383	25.0	15.3	0
2007	411	27.0	15.2	90.1
2008	421	28.3	14.9	84.6
2009	461	29.3	15.2	77.9
2010	494	31.8	15.5	86.2
2011	470	n/a	n/a	86.4
2012	480	27.0	17.7	84.6
2013	465	24.8	18.7	91.8
2014	461	22.5	20.4	92.8
2015	439	22.0	19.9	93.4
2016	429	25.0	17.1	81.1
2017	434	20.0	21.7	82.5
2018	411	23.5	17.4	82
2019	434	14.5	29.9	76.5
2020	447	n/a	n/a	74.7
2021	424	22.5	18.8	63.4
2022	427	21.0	20.3	66.5
2023	423	20.0	21.1	71.9
2024	411	16.5	24.9	62

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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