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Cesar E. Chavez Elementary

Public Grades K-8
5313th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,817 California Elementary Schools
Better than 9% of California elementary schools
Summary

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary serves 754 students in grades K–8 in Oxnard, California. Its latest proficiency rates are below state and district averages in English language arts (ELA), math, and science. The school’s clearest academic concern is math: just 14% of students were proficient, and the rate trails the state by 25 points.

Science is the school’s relative bright spot, while math is its weakest subject against nearby schools. In 2025–26, proficiency was 25% in ELA, 14% in math, and 19% in science; the nine nearby schools averaged 31%, 25%, and 22%, respectively. That puts Cesar E. Chavez 6 points below the nearby ELA average, 11 points below in math, and 2 points below in science. Compared with the state, its gaps were 24 points in ELA, 25 in math, and 17 in science. Against the Oxnard district, the gaps were 9 points in ELA, 9 in math, and 3 in science. Upper-grade math is a particular concern: grade 4 proficiency was 6%, grade 6 was 7%, and grade 8 was 12%, each below the results at nearby K–8 schools.

Science has made the clearest progress: its proficiency rate rose from 11% in 2022–23 to 19% in 2025–26, while its gap to the state narrowed by 3 points. ELA rose by 5 points overall, though it fell in the latest year; math was nearly flat and its state gap widened by 4 points. SchoolDigger ranks the school in the 9th percentile statewide and gives it 0 stars for 2025–26. Its student-teacher ratio was 21.2 in 2024–25, and 65% of students were directly certified for free meals that year; this measure is not directly comparable to nearby schools’ free/reduced-lunch rates. SchoolDigger’s subgroup rankings show stronger relative results for Special Education Students, at the 46th percentile in 2025–26 compared with the school’s overall 9th percentile, and English Language Learner Students, at the 52nd percentile in 2023–24 compared with the overall 14th percentile that year.

754
Students ?
21.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$24,923
Per pupil spending ?
65.3%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?
All students receive free meals (Community Eligibility, 2024-25)
All students in California receive free school meals.
97%
Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)
Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)
 301 North Marquita St.
       Oxnard, CA  93030-3792

(805) 385-1524

District: Oxnard


Students who attend Cesar E. Chavez Elementary usually attend:

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

Hispanic:
98.4%
White:
1.3%
African American:
0.1%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 10th percentile in 2015 → 9th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (19% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)
!Mathematics scores 25 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school19%
District avg28%
California avg42%
Elementary school
5,313th of 5,817
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 9%▲ up 4 pts since 2016
From bottom 4% (2016) to bottom 9% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
2,402nd of 2,740
California public middle schools ?
Bottom 12%▲ up 9 pts since 2016
From bottom 4% (2016) to bottom 12% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of California Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
15th of 17Elementary Schools in the Oxnard
1187th of 1,530Oxnard among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202614.05313 of 58178.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202518.84934 of 585715.8%★☆☆☆☆
202418.15019 of 586914.5%★☆☆☆☆
202315.45272 of 585910.0%★☆☆☆☆
202214.25428 of 58837.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.34866 of 578915.9%★☆☆☆☆
201811.35361 of 56625.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201710.85449 of 56924.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201611.15373 of 56144.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201515.75026 of 561110.4%★☆☆☆☆
20135.95452 of 55301.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20127.55286 of 53901.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20114.35351 of 53770.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20109.55178 of 53142.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200912.94851 of 51936.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20088.54983 of 51132.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200716.64535 of 511311.3%★☆☆☆☆
20066.94751 of 48181.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20056.44779 of 48220.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20046.54775 of 48090.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202231.51423 of 222736.1%★★☆☆☆
201918.72415 of 25856.6%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202444.41517 of 316252.0%★★★☆☆
202333.72263 of 324530.3%★★☆☆☆
202236.52086 of 331137.0%★★☆☆☆
201935.62082 of 327536.4%★★☆☆☆
201835.12052 of 324636.8%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202613.35189 of 55817.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202517.64882 of 559712.8%★☆☆☆☆
202416.94978 of 561211.3%★☆☆☆☆
202313.75252 of 56096.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.35411 of 56354.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.04706 of 549214.3%★☆☆☆☆
201812.75083 of 54136.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202619.54458 of 509412.5%★☆☆☆☆
202526.34026 of 510721.2%★☆☆☆☆
202425.14104 of 510719.6%★☆☆☆☆
202321.94332 of 508714.8%★☆☆☆☆
202219.24562 of 508410.3%★☆☆☆☆
201927.93843 of 496322.6%★☆☆☆☆
201815.24501 of 48306.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202634.0262 of 36628.4%★☆☆☆☆
202543.1250 of 42941.7%★★☆☆☆
202440.7216 of 36440.7%★★☆☆☆
202348.6143 of 33557.3%★★★☆☆
202229.5281 of 35621.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202620.04686 of 542313.6%★☆☆☆☆
202525.84292 of 546021.4%★☆☆☆☆
202423.64492 of 551718.6%★☆☆☆☆
202320.84644 of 536313.4%★☆☆☆☆
202219.94664 of 526411.4%★☆☆☆☆
201928.14021 of 517322.3%★☆☆☆☆
201816.24693 of 50847.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202616.44977 of 560311.2%★☆☆☆☆
202522.74494 of 562820.1%★☆☆☆☆
202420.94631 of 564317.9%★☆☆☆☆
202318.84832 of 563814.3%★☆☆☆☆
202218.24908 of 566313.3%★☆☆☆☆
201921.04569 of 551017.1%★☆☆☆☆
201810.45249 of 54313.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202638.31593 of 292745.6%★★☆☆☆
202530.01995 of 284729.9%★★☆☆☆
202423.62193 of 263516.8%★☆☆☆☆
202328.91702 of 242029.7%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202615.72402 of 274012.3%★☆☆☆☆
202519.02272 of 276117.7%★☆☆☆☆
202418.22335 of 278316.1%★☆☆☆☆
202314.82499 of 278110.1%★☆☆☆☆
202214.12487 of 27409.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.32571 of 27155.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.72381 of 24804.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20179.22404 of 25084.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20167.32405 of 24973.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201511.22310 of 24776.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202223.11337 of 153112.7%★☆☆☆☆
201933.3922 of 149138.2%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202428.21327 of 147810.2%★☆☆☆☆
202328.71285 of 152115.5%★☆☆☆☆
202234.11016 of 154034.0%★★☆☆☆
201926.01338 of 14427.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201826.21194 of 136412.5%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202612.72330 of 25167.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202516.52223 of 253312.2%★☆☆☆☆
202416.02261 of 255111.4%★☆☆☆☆
202311.52415 of 25314.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.62381 of 25095.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.42307 of 23803.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.02175 of 22623.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202620.51954 of 235717.1%★☆☆☆☆
202525.31821 of 239524.0%★☆☆☆☆
202424.51849 of 238822.6%★☆☆☆☆
202317.72095 of 237411.8%★☆☆☆☆
202217.72105 of 235910.8%★☆☆☆☆
201911.32097 of 22135.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.81987 of 20724.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202640.6249 of 44243.7%★★☆☆☆
202553.8171 of 47764.2%★★★☆☆
202442.6196 of 39450.3%★★★☆☆
202339.3176 of 32045.0%★★☆☆☆
202224.6278 of 33617.3%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202621.32084 of 252917.6%★☆☆☆☆
202526.31907 of 254225.0%★☆☆☆☆
202423.82034 of 257921.1%★☆☆☆☆
202318.32238 of 253111.6%★☆☆☆☆
202218.42163 of 245812.0%★☆☆☆☆
201911.62229 of 23695.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.12122 of 22304.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202620.12031 of 251419.2%★☆☆☆☆
202523.51942 of 253423.4%★☆☆☆☆
202420.52069 of 255218.9%★☆☆☆☆
202319.22127 of 253816.2%★☆☆☆☆
202218.02158 of 252714.6%★☆☆☆☆
201910.02303 of 24074.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.22222 of 22732.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202627.71229 of 160523.4%★☆☆☆☆
202524.31305 of 156616.7%★☆☆☆☆
202420.71439 of 15527.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202326.71188 of 153122.4%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
English Language Learner (2024)52nd percentile+38 vs school
Special Education (2026)46th percentile+37 vs school
Disabled (2022)36th percentile+28 vs school
Homeless (2026)28th percentile+20 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)14th percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2026)12th percentile+4 vs school
Male (2026)11th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2026)7th percentile~ school
Middle school
Homeless (2026)44th percentile+31 vs school
Special Education (2026)23rd percentile+11 vs school
Male (2026)19th percentile+7 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)18th percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2026)17th percentile+5 vs school
Disabled (2022)13th percentile+3 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)10th percentile-6 vs school
Female (2026)7th percentile-5 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy25%-24 vs state
Science19%-17 vs state
Mathematics14%-25 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 754 students attended Cesar E. Chavez Elementary.

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

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary ranks in the bottom 8.7% of California elementary schools.

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2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)NewOct 19, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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