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Cesar Chavez Language Academy

Public, Charter Grades K-8
4013th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 31% of California elementary schools
Summary

Cesar Chavez Language Academy is a public school in Santa Rosa serving 773 students in grades K–8 in the Santa Rosa Elementary district. Its latest results show a mixed picture: English language arts (ELA) is slightly ahead of the district, while math and science trail it, and all three subjects are below state rates. The clearest academic concern is math: 18% of students were proficient, 8 percentage points below the district and 21 points below the state.

Compared with nearby schools, ELA is the school’s strongest subject and math its weakest. In 2025–26, 31% were proficient in ELA, about 1 point above the nearby-school average; that was the fourth-highest result among the ten schools with current data. Math proficiency was 18%, 8 points below the nearby average of 26%, with only two nearby schools scoring lower. Science was 16%, 3 points below the nearby average of 19%, around the middle among those schools. The school’s ELA rate was also 1 point above the district, while science was 7 points below it; state proficiency rates were 49% in ELA, 38% in math and 36% in science. Comparisons have a grade-level caveat: most nearby schools serve only through grade 6, while Cesar Chavez serves through grade 8.

Results have improved since 2022–23: proficiency rose by 6 points in ELA, 4 points in math and 9 points in science, and each gap with the state narrowed, though current results remain well below state rates. Attendance also improved, with chronic absenteeism falling from 32% in 2021–22 to 14% in 2025–26. SchoolDigger ranks the school at the 31st statewide percentile with 2 stars, above the district’s 23rd percentile and 1 star. Its 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 19.9, lower than eight of ten nearby schools, and 74% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. One subgroup ranking stands out: SchoolDigger’s measure of how well the school serves English Language Learner Students placed it at the 11th percentile in 2023–24, down from the 27th percentile in 2021–22; the overall ranking that year was at the 34th percentile.

773
Students ?
19.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$30,538
Per pupil spending ?
74.4%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 2480 Sebastopol Rd.
       Santa Rosa, CA  95407-6728

(707) 890-3890

District: Santa Rosa Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
90.0%
White:
6.3%
Two or more races:
1.4%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 14th percentile in 2019 → 31st in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 17 percentile points since 2019
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (23% vs 42% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Mathematics scores 21 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school23%
District avg27%
California avg42%
Elementary school
4,013th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 31%▲ up 17 pts since 2019
From bottom 14% (2019) to bottom 31% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
2,432nd of 2,703
California public middle schools ?
Bottom 10%▲ up 1 pts since 2022
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
5th of 11Elementary Schools in the Santa Rosa Elementary
742nd of 968Santa Rosa Elementary 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
202629.64013 of 580430.9%★★☆☆☆
202532.53765 of 585735.7%★★☆☆☆
202430.73881 of 586933.9%★★☆☆☆
202324.74380 of 585925.2%★☆☆☆☆
202229.33925 of 588333.3%★★☆☆☆
201918.44959 of 578914.3%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202425.52811 of 316211.1%★☆☆☆☆
202327.72691 of 324517.1%★☆☆☆☆
202232.42419 of 331126.9%★☆☆☆☆
201923.62956 of 32759.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202629.53905 of 556929.9%★☆☆☆☆
202537.83239 of 559742.1%★★☆☆☆
202431.93644 of 561235.1%★★☆☆☆
202325.84151 of 560926.0%★☆☆☆☆
202222.44465 of 563520.8%★☆☆☆☆
201919.44673 of 549214.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202631.03646 of 508528.3%★☆☆☆☆
202530.83701 of 510727.5%★☆☆☆☆
202434.13413 of 510733.2%★★☆☆☆
202326.14014 of 508721.1%★☆☆☆☆
202232.33499 of 508431.2%★★☆☆☆
201920.94313 of 496313.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202628.34063 of 541224.9%★☆☆☆☆
202531.73849 of 546029.5%★☆☆☆☆
202429.14036 of 551726.8%★☆☆☆☆
202327.94082 of 536323.9%★☆☆☆☆
202241.22892 of 526445.1%★★☆☆☆
201920.34550 of 517312.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202630.83790 of 559032.2%★★☆☆☆
202528.53976 of 562829.4%★☆☆☆☆
202431.33721 of 564334.1%★★☆☆☆
202325.04251 of 563824.6%★☆☆☆☆
202238.03133 of 566344.7%★★☆☆☆
201918.94761 of 551013.6%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202614.02432 of 270310.0%★☆☆☆☆
202514.92445 of 276111.4%★☆☆☆☆
202412.12583 of 27837.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.52473 of 278111.1%★☆☆☆☆
202214.02494 of 27409.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202234.5908 of 153140.7%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202426.21399 of 14785.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202333.61044 of 152131.4%★★☆☆☆
202224.91471 of 15404.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202618.42102 of 248315.3%★☆☆☆☆
202517.52184 of 253313.8%★☆☆☆☆
202412.22396 of 25516.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.22391 of 25315.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.32385 of 25094.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202615.92073 of 232510.8%★☆☆☆☆
202516.02150 of 239510.2%★☆☆☆☆
202413.02244 of 23886.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.12114 of 237411.0%★☆☆☆☆
202216.52142 of 23599.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202616.62220 of 249311.0%★☆☆☆☆
202516.22275 of 254210.5%★☆☆☆☆
202413.32404 of 25796.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.92205 of 253112.9%★☆☆☆☆
202218.92139 of 245813.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202610.82341 of 24785.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202513.32317 of 25348.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.62389 of 25526.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.42112 of 253816.8%★☆☆☆☆
202217.42182 of 252713.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202530.71077 of 156631.2%★★☆☆☆
202421.61403 of 15529.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202331.21036 of 153132.3%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202213.81385 of 155510.9%★☆☆☆☆
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
Male (2026)32nd percentile~ school
Female (2026)30th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)28th percentile-3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)25th percentile-6 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)11th percentile-23 vs school
Middle school
Disabled (2022)41st percentile+32 vs school
Special Education (2025)31st percentile+20 vs school
Female (2026)15th percentile+5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)11th percentile~ school
White (2022)11th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)11th percentile~ school
Male (2026)6th percentile-4 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)5th percentile~ school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy31%-18 vs state
Mathematics18%-21 vs state
Science16%-20 vs state

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Cesar Chavez Language Academy ranks 4013th of 5804 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Cesar Chavez Language Academy are 90% Hispanic, 6% White, 1% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 773 students attended Cesar Chavez Language Academy.

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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
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 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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