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Cesar E Chavez Elementary

Public Grades K-6

5570^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 5% of California elementary schools

Summary

Cesar E Chavez Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 439 students in the Parlier Unified district, which faces significant academic challenges across all its schools.

This school has consistently ranked in the bottom 5% of California elementary schools, with only 18% of students proficient in English and 14% in math, which is lower than other schools in its own district like S Ben Benavidez Elementary. Interestingly, Cesar E Chavez Elementary has a better student-teacher ratio and has dramatically improved student attendance in recent years, but these positives have not yet led to higher test scores.

The most telling comparison is with nearby schools in different districts, such as Clay Elementary and Lincoln Elementary, which serve similar student populations but achieve dramatically higher academic results, ranking in the top quartile of the state. This suggests that while the school and Parlier Unified face hurdles, successful models for improvement exist close by.

439

Students ?

19.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

95.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

500 Tuolumne St.
Parlier, CA 93648-2648

(559) 646-3595

District: Parlier Unified

Students who attend Cesar E Chavez Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Parlier Junior High
High:	Parlier High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

96.8%

White:

2.1%

African American:

0.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 3rd percentile in 2015 → 5th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (13% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 31 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school13%

District avg17%

California avg41%

5,570^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 5%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 4Elementary Schools in the Parlier Unified

1434^th of 1,543Parlier Unified 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.0	5570 of 5857	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.3	5535 of 5869	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.1	5632 of 5859	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.5	5698 of 5883	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.2	1402 of 1417	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.2	5614 of 5789	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.7	5205 of 5662	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	17.0	4948 of 5692	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	12.6	5259 of 5614	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	10.9	5429 of 5611	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	7.7	5384 of 5530	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	8.5	5249 of 5390	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	7.9	5279 of 5377	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	13.3	4993 of 5314	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	5.3	5147 of 5193	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	3.6	5099 of 5113	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	9.0	4965 of 5113	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	8.1	4702 of 4818	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	9.4	4680 of 4822	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	8.0	4749 of 4809	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	46.0	1414 of 3162	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	28.2	2655 of 3245	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.7	2553 of 3311	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.4	486 of 602	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	45.8	1457 of 3275	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.7	1172 of 3246	63.9%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.7	5269 of 5597	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.9	5432 of 5612	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.0	5529 of 5609	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.9	5486 of 5635	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.9	1260 of 1267	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.9	5201 of 5492	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.8	5141 of 5413	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.1	4749 of 5107	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.7	4678 of 5107	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.6	4806 of 5087	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	4901 of 5084	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.6	4764 of 4963	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.1	4304 of 4830	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.4	5148 of 5460	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.2	5261 of 5517	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.9	5036 of 5363	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.7	5042 of 5264	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.9	1093 of 1110	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.2	5071 of 5173	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.7	4509 of 5084	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.0	5379 of 5628	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.9	4991 of 5643	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.8	5182 of 5638	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.1	5438 of 5663	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.1	1250 of 1272	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.8	5390 of 5510	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.5	4861 of 5431	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)55th percentile+50 vs school

Hispanic (2025)7th percentile~ school

Female (2025)6th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)6th percentile~ school

Male (2025)4th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Listening24%~ state avg

English Language Arts/Literacy18%-31 vs state

Mathematics14%-24 vs state

Science12%-21 vs state

Writing6%-11 vs state

Reading5%-3 vs state

Overall3%-7 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)				CSA Spanish Listening (2025)				CSA Spanish Writing (2025)				CSA Spanish Reading (2025)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cesar E Chavez Elementary	Public	K-6	500 Tuolumne St.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-3595	439	22	19.9	95.4%	9 (2.1%)	3 (0.7%)	425 (96.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	11	5570^th of 5857 public elementary schools	4.9%		12.3	5535^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.7%	35	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.2	50.0	11.1	5.6	23.8	9.1	5.6	5.6	6.4	0.0	0.0	11.1	4.8	11.5		11.5	13.3	10.4	21.2	24.7			17.7	17.3	20.8	7.7	9.6			13.7
Mathew J Brletic Elementary	Public	K-6	601 Third St.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-3551	407	16	25.4	95.3%	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	398 (97.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18.1	4999^th of 5857 public elementary schools	14.6%		20.7	4795^th of 5869 public elementary schools	18.3%	204																	20.0		20.0	30.5	23.7	38.0	20.7			27.9	25.4	11.7	12.0	12.1			15.4	96.4	96.4	96.4	96.4
S Ben Benavidez Elementary	Public	K-6	13900 Tuolumne St.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-2963	409	18	22.7	95.6%	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	404 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25.4	4358^th of 5857 public elementary schools	25.6%		27.4	4165^th of 5869 public elementary schools	29.0%	193																	7.3		7.3	35.9	18.3	44.1	20.5			29.3	43.4	25.0	30.4	14.1			26.9
John C Martinez Elementary	Public	K-6	13174 East Parlier Ave.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-3527	434	16	27.1	97.5%	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	425 (97.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	21	4734^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.2%		20.2	4854^th of 5869 public elementary schools	17.3%	120																	16.7		16.7	26.4	16.4	31.2	35.7			27.3	31.5	14.8	14.8	26.3			21.5
Riverview Elementary	Public	K-8	8662 South Lac Jac Ave.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7290	509	21	23.6	69.2%	82 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	409 (80.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.9%)	60.1	2065^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.7%		56.1	2234^th of 5869 public elementary schools	61.9%	169																	32.8	33.3	33.1	54.9	44.7	54.0	61.9	76.2	65.6	60.3	41.2	34.0	43.8	46.0	55.6	49.2	45.6					$18,465	$16,944	$1,521
Indianola Elementary	Public	K-6	11524 East Dinuba Ave.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6680	420	18	22.9	87.1%	15 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	374 (89.0%)	26 (6.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	25.1	4389^th of 5857 public elementary schools	25.1%		28.4	4081^st of 5869 public elementary schools	30.5%	308																	24.6		24.6	21.4	23.1	32.8	37.1			29.3	19.3	11.3	18.0	36.2			22.1					$19,861	$18,742	$1,119
Clay Elementary	Public	K-8	12449 South Smith Ave.	Kingsburg	93631	Fresno County	Clay Joint Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 897-4185	246	9	27.3	15.4%	158 (64.2%)	1 (0.4%)	79 (32.1%)	6 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	93	469^th of 5857 public elementary schools	92.0%		87.1	857^th of 5869 public elementary schools	85.4%	388																	65.6	64.3	65.0	61.5	75.9	84.4	67.7	76.7	82.1	75.0	69.2	89.7	78.1	74.2	73.3	67.9	75.6					$26,509	$25,748	$761
Washington Elementary	Public	K-5	1250 K St.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7270	288	13	22.1	92.0%	18 (6.3%)	3 (1.0%)	255 (88.5%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	70.9	1559^th of 5857 public elementary schools	73.4%		59.5	2089^th of 5869 public elementary schools	64.4%	530																	43.2		43.2	45.7	50.0	56.8				50.7	63.0	55.8	61.4				59.9					$27,616	$26,214	$1,402
Thomas Law Reed Elementary	Public	K-8	1400 North Frankwood Ave.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7300	558	22	25.0	85.7%	37 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	491 (88.0%)	10 (1.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.0%)	52.6	2458^th of 5857 public elementary schools	58.0%		45.7	2815^th of 5869 public elementary schools	52.0%	357																	22.6	33.3	28.0	60.3	36.1	40.3	52.5	55.6	63.5	51.6	66.7	33.3	25.8	47.6	38.9	60.3	45.3					$21,506	$19,794	$1,712
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	374 East North Ave.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7240	303	13	23.3	92.7%	5 (1.7%)	2 (0.7%)	268 (88.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.2%)	74.6	1391^st of 5857 public elementary schools	76.3%		62.1	1975^th of 5869 public elementary schools	66.3%	584																	35.9		35.9	52.6	73.6	57.7				62.2	56.4	75.5	45.3				59.3					$24,694	$22,978	$1,716

Frequently Asked Questions about Cesar E Chavez Elementary

What district is Cesar E Chavez Elementary in?

Parlier Unified

What is the racial makeup of Cesar E Chavez Elementary?

Students at Cesar E Chavez Elementary are 97% Hispanic, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of Cesar E Chavez Elementary attend?

Students who attend Cesar E Chavez Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Parlier Junior High
High : Parlier High

How many students attend Cesar E Chavez Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 439 students attended Cesar E Chavez Elementary.

Is Cesar E Chavez Elementary a good school?

Cesar E Chavez Elementary ranks in the bottom 4.9% of California elementary schools.

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2024–25 CSA Spanish test scoresDec 22, 2025

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