Summary:
The Ravenswood City Elementary School District in East Palo Alto, California, has one middle school, Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle, serving 488 students in grades 6 through 8.
This school faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 3% of all California middle schools. Proficiency rates are far below state averages, with only 6.36% of students proficient in math and 14.38% in English Language Arts. A major concern is the high rate of chronic absenteeism, at 31.2%, which is well above the state average and closely correlates with academic struggles.
Despite these outcomes, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.7 to 1 and receives substantial funding, spending $36,731 per student. The student population is overwhelmingly from low-income households, with 89% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. For parents, this data highlights a school in a high-need community grappling with deep-seated challenges that impact student achievement, even with considerable resources and staffing.
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