Cesar Chavez Language Academy: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
Cesar Chavez Language Academy posts 34% meeting the standard and 14.3% exceeding it, against 43% and 21.3% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38 | 14% | 34% | -13.3 | 14.0% | 6.1% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Cesar Chavez Language Academy scores 38 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 37th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “34% proficient” and call it done. Cesar Chavez Language Academy deserves a closer read. The school sits in Santa Rosa, where two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
As a charter, Cesar Chavez Language Academy enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 37th percentile since 2019.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 34% of students meet the standard today, above the 27% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 22% | 33% | 18% | 35% | 39% |
| Grade 4 | 30% | 21% | 41% | 22% | 43% |
| Grade 5 | 47% | 35% | 31% | 47% | 31% |
| Grade 6 | — | 32% | 30% | 29% | 42% |
| Grade 7 | — | 21% | 22% | 20% | 28% |
| Grade 8 | — | 22% | 23% | 12% | 20% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 30% | 38% | 26% | 42% | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 20% | 21% | 16% | 25% | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 11% | 18% | 19% | 26% | 17% |
| Grade 6 | — | 25% | 25% | 12% | 19% |
| Grade 7 | — | 10% | 8% | 13% | 11% |
| Grade 8 | — | 3% | 8% | 5% | 6% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 3.4pp across grades; the floor slips 7.2pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Cesar Chavez Language Academy in Santa Rosa, 25.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 23.3% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Cesar Chavez Language Academy outperforms its district average for low-income students by 2.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (13.2% Math proficient); Hispanic students (26.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 26.3 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 383 students tested.
8 of 15 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 12.8pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +3.3pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 4–6 students (18.6% vs 9.6%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below is estimated from nearby schools in the same district — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
What gets spent here
$369 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 773 students, this school is well above the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 9% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
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Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 62 | 15% | 24% | 29% | 32% | 39% | −5 |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 30% | 13% | 20% | 38% | 43% | −2 |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 11% | 20% | 15% | 54% | 31% | −16 |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 8% | 35% | 10% | 48% | 42% | −4 |
| Grade 7 | 127 | 5% | 24% | 31% | 41% | 28% | −19 |
| Grade 8 | 144 | 6% | 14% | 25% | 55% | 20% | −26 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 61 | 7% | 30% | 20% | 44% | 36% | −10 |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 14% | 21% | 38% | 27% | 36% | −6 |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 9% | 7% | 24% | 59% | 17% | −19 |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 8% | 12% | 25% | 56% | 19% | −16 |
| Grade 7 | 132 | 3% | 8% | 30% | 59% | 11% | −23 |
| Grade 8 | 145 | 2% | 4% | 19% | 74% | 6% | −26 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 199 | 2% | 7% | 52% | 39% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 383 | 25.7% | +2 | −13 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 440 | 26.6% | +6 | −12 |
| English Learners | 119 | 5.9% | +2 | −5 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Chavez Language Academy ← | — | 38 | 14.3% | 33.6% | −13.3 | 6.1% |
| Robert L. Stevens Elementary | 0.6 mi | 52 | 26.6% | 56.5% | −18.7 | 0.1% |
| Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts | 2.2 mi | 51 | 15.9% | 47.2% | +7.4 | 4.6% |
| Sheppard Elementary | 1.1 mi | 39 | 12.7% | 34.9% | −1.4 | 1.0% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 39 | 42 | #3182 | 9.9% | 26.8% | 7.6% | 2.4% | +3.4pp |
| 2022 | 22 | 12 | #5058 | 11.7% | 27.6% | 32.2% | 8.9% | -8.5pp |
| 2023 | 34 | 37 | #3603 | 8.2% | 25.3% | 31.8% | 8.1% | +2.7pp |
| 2024 | 30 | 18 | #4712 | 10.2% | 32.8% | 21.6% | 7.8% | -2.5pp |
| 2025 | 38 | 37 | #3628 | 14.3% | 33.6% | 14.0% | 6.1% | -13.3pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 13 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 7.8% | 12.4% | +4.6pp |
| Male | 7.3% | 14.7% | +7.4pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 7.6% | 14.4% | +6.8pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 3.3% | 19.6% | +16.3pp |
| English Learners | 8.0% | 12.3% | +4.3pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 7.9% | 14.0% | +6.1pp |
| All Students | 7.5% | 13.6% | +6.1pp |
| Two or More Races | — | 9.1% | — |
| Homeless | — | 16.1% | — |
| Military-Connected | — | 13.3% | — |
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