Summary
Cesar Chavez Elementary School is a K–5 school serving 356 students in Eugene, Oregon, within Eugene School District 4J, a 4-star district that ranks 23rd of 141 districts statewide. The school itself ranked 471st of 709 Oregon elementary schools in 2025–2026 (34th percentile, 2 stars), a clear improvement from 607th of 706 (14th percentile, 1 star) in 2024–2025, and roughly back to its 2016–2017 level.
Test scores are the area to watch. Cesar Chavez has the lowest proficiency among nearby schools in all three tested subjects: 36.8% in English language arts (district 48%, state 43.8%), 29.2% in math (district 37.7%, state 32.9%), and 24% in science (district 36.6%, state 30.6%). For comparison, McCornack Elementary School posted 37.1%, 32.6%, and 31.9%, while H L n Chinese Immersion Elementary School reached 82.7%, 82.7%, and 70.6%. Fifth grade is the biggest pressure point: 5th grade math is 20% proficient (district 41%, state 32.4%) and 5th grade science 24% (district 38.4%, state 30.8%), with 4th grade ELA at 31.7% (district 48.1%, state 43.5%). Third grade ELA, at 39.6%, is close to the state's 41.5%, suggesting the earliest tested grade is relatively stronger.
Attendance is a bright spot: chronic absenteeism was 31.9%, below the district's 33.0% and the state's 33.5%, and down sharply from 50.7% in 2022–2023. Resources are not the obvious constraint — at $28,432 per student the school spends the most among nearby schools and has the lowest student-teacher ratio (13.3), with a free/reduced lunch rate of 63.76% that is similar to peers. The low-income subgroup ranked in the 49th percentile, above the school's overall 34th percentile, and all reported subgroups earned 2 stars, up from a weaker prior year.
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