📍 1404 S. 40th St., San Diego, San Diego County, 92113
Chavez Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Diego, San Diego County. The school has 398 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Francisco Santos. It is part of the San Diego Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
Chavez Elementary enrolls 398 students across grades K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% Black or African American and 1.5% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 377 | 95% |
| Black or African American | 13 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
369 of the school's 398 students (93%) 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.
Chavez Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Chavez Elementary is one of 175 schools in San Diego Unified, based in San Diego, California. The district serves 95,175 students district-wide and employs 4,290 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 398 students, Chavez Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 544 students per school.