Summary
Cesar E. Chavez is a K–6 elementary school in Sacramento, California, serving 357 students in Sacramento City Unified. In 2025–2026, proficiency was 35% in English language arts, 27% in math, and 21% in science. The most important takeaway is that the school was below both district and state proficiency rates in all three subjects: district rates were 41%, 32%, and 30%, while state rates were 49%, 38%, and 36%, respectively.
Compared with nearby K–6 schools, Chavez is not among the lowest performers: it ranked third of seven in ELA and science, and fourth of seven in math. Its ELA proficiency of 35% was behind John Bidwell Elementary (45%) and Union House Elementary (41%). Fifth grade stands out: ELA proficiency was 46%, second among those schools, and math was 30%, slightly above the district’s 29%. Science is the clearest weakness against larger benchmarks, trailing the state by 15 percentage points.
Results have improved unevenly: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, science rose 9 percentage points to 21%, ELA rose 3 points to 35%, and math fell 2 points to 27%, despite a recent rebound. SchoolDigger ranks Chavez at the 31st statewide percentile (2 stars), up from the 23rd percentile the prior year; the district is at the 36th percentile. Context includes a student–teacher ratio of 26.3 in 2024–2025 and 87% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 24% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 27% but above the state’s 18%. SchoolDigger’s subgroup rankings also show notable differences: English learners ranked at the 72nd percentile in 2023–2024, compared with the school’s overall 24th percentile; students in special education fell from the 59th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 16th in 2025–2026.
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