📍 700 S 15th St, Waco, McLennan County, 76706
Cesar Chavez Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Waco, McLennan County. The school has 840 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lena Ortiz. It is part of the Waco Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 63.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cesar Chavez Middle enrolls 840 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 63.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Hispanic or Latino, 24% Black or African American and 4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 593 | 71% |
| Black or African American | 198 | 24% |
| White | 34 | 4% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
786 of the school's 840 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 755 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cesar Chavez Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 22, state house district 12.
Cesar Chavez Middle is one of 25 schools in WACO ISD, based in WACO, Texas. The district serves 13,376 students district-wide and employs 997 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 840 students, Cesar Chavez Middle is larger than the district average of about 535 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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