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Cesar E Chavez Elementary

Parlier Unified Parlier Fresno County 93648
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
992 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
442 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
19:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
88%
Teachers
23 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 96.4%
White 1.6%
Asian 0.2%
Black 0.9%
Other 0.9%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Cesar E Chavez Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard3.6%
Met Standard12.1%
Below Standard84.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "16% proficient" for Cesar E Chavez Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

3.6% of students exceeded standard while 12.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 17.4 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 3.8 points below the Parlier Unified district average of 7.3%. The 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 8.6% exceeded — 5.0 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 0.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 13.0%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
3.6%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
15.7%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-0.9pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
13.0%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.5%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
992
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 75 4.0% 9.3% 17.3% 69.3% 13.3%
4th 48 4.2% 6.3% 41.7% 47.9% 10.4%
5th 52 1.9% 19.2% 32.7% 46.1% 21.1%
6th 73 5.5% 19.2% 23.3% 52.0% 24.7%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 75 2.7% 14.7% 22.7% 60.0% 17.3%
4th 48 4.2% 16.7% 31.3% 47.9% 20.8%
5th 52 1.9% 5.8% 23.1% 69.2% 7.7%
6th 73 4.1% 5.5% 16.4% 74.0% 9.6%