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Chavez Elementary

San Diego Unified San Diego San Diego County 92113
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
666 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
396 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
21:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
93%
Teachers
19 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 92.9%
White 1.3%
Asian 0.8%
Black 2.8%
Other 2.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Chavez Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard7.8%
Met Standard15.4%
Below Standard76.8%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "23% proficient" for Chavez Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

7.8% of students exceeded standard while 15.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 13.1 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 17.5 points below the San Diego Unified district average of 25.3%. The 28 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 11.5% exceeded — 3.7 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 1.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 42.1%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
7.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
23.2%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+1.6pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
42.1%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.8%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
666
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 54 13.0% 14.8% 29.6% 42.6% 27.8%
4th 56 10.7% 10.7% 16.1% 62.5% 21.4%
5th 55 7.3% 30.9% 20.0% 41.8% 38.2%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 56 8.9% 12.5% 26.8% 51.8% 21.4%
4th 56 5.4% 10.7% 32.1% 51.8% 16.1%
5th 56 1.8% 12.5% 28.6% 57.1% 14.3%