📍 440 Arthur Rd., Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, 95076
Cesar E. Chavez Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County. The school has 552 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jason Rooney. It is part of the Pajaro Valley Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
Cesar E. Chavez Middle enrolls 552 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 3.6% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 531 | 96% |
| White | 20 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
499 of the school's 552 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cesar E. Chavez Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Cesar E. Chavez Middle is one of 34 schools in Pajaro Valley Unified, based in Watsonville, California. The district serves 16,588 students district-wide and employs 831 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 552 students, Cesar E. Chavez Middle is close to the district average of about 488 students per school.
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