Planada Elementary

The two schools in Planada serve kindergarten through grade 8: Planada Elementary serves kindergarten through grade 5, and Cesar E. Chavez Middle serves grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, both schools were below state proficiency results in all-grades English language arts (ELA), math, and science. Math is the clearest area of concern: it was the subject furthest below the state at both schools, by 15 points at Planada and 7 points at Cesar.

Cesar E. Chavez Middle leads the two-school comparison in all three subjects, with results of 46% in ELA, 31% in math, and 34% in science—8 to 10 percentage points above Planada Elementary. Cesar is also closer to state results in every subject. The grade-level picture has notable exceptions: Cesar’s eighth graders exceeded state results in ELA by 4 points and math by 1 point, while Planada’s fifth graders were close in ELA (48%, 1 point below state) but far behind in math (9%, 28 points below). SchoolDigger rates Cesar at the 53rd percentile with 3 stars, compared with Planada at the 29th percentile with 1 star.

Recent results moved in opposite directions: Planada declined in ELA, math, and science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by 1, 4, and 3 points, respectively, while Cesar improved by 1, 6, and 4 points. Context measures differ too: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 91% at Planada and 90% at Cesar; student-teacher ratios were 20.8 and 17.4, respectively. These measures describe the schools but do not explain their test results, and the schools’ different grade spans mean their all-grades scores are not a same-grade comparison.