Cesar Chavez Academy
Public high school in El Paso, Texas · Ysleta ISD · Grades 6–12
Cesar Chavez Academy serves 82 students in grades 6–12 in El Paso (El Paso County). It is one of 48 schools in Ysleta ISD. By enrollment it is the 1647th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 3.2 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 25.58 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | Ysleta ISD |
| County | El Paso County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484668003897 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Ysleta ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 82 | 34,062 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 3.2 | 14.6 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 97.6% | 79% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 1% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Cesar Chavez Academy in context
Size
Of the 11 high schools in Ysleta ISD, Cesar Chavez Academy is the smallest, with 0.2% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.7 miles away and have a median of 297 students, so Cesar Chavez Academy is smaller than most of them.
NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 7 with 17 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 1, against an average of 12 per grade. This year grade 12 has 67% fewer students than grade 6 (1 against 3). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 92.7% of enrollment, about the same share as across Ysleta ISD (96.1%).
97.6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 79% across Ysleta ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Cesar Chavez Academy has 25.58 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 3.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 82 students would have about 5.9 teachers, so Cesar Chavez Academy has 19.7 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other high school is Riverside High School, 0.6 miles away in the same district. There are 16 high schools within 5 miles and 36 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 92.7% |
| White | 4.9% |
| Black | 2.4% |
30.5% of students are girls and 69.5% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 3 |
| Grade 7 | 17 |
| Grade 8 | 13 |
| Grade 9 | 17 |
| Grade 10 | 16 |
| Grade 11 | 15 |
| Grade 12 | 1 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
7814 Alameda Ave, El Paso, TX 79915
Phone: (915)434-9600
Website: cesarchavez.yisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Cesar Chavez Academy. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside High School | Ysleta ISD | 0.6 mi | 952 | 15 | 86.3% |
| Thrive Academy | Ysleta ISD | 1.1 mi | 113 | 5.5 | 92% |
| Young Women's Leadership Academy | Ysleta ISD | 1.5 mi | 320 | 15 | 59.7% |
| Valle Verde Early College High School | Ysleta ISD | 1.7 mi | 273 | 14 | 65.9% |
| Bel Air High School | Ysleta ISD | 1.7 mi | 1,866 | 16.1 | 83.3% |
| Premier High School-El Paso Eastpointe | Premier High Schools | 2.3 mi | 125 | 17.9 | 82.4% |
| Ysleta High School | Ysleta ISD | 2.4 mi | 1,168 | 15.3 | 89% |
| El Paso Academy | El Paso Academy | 2.6 mi | 206 | 34.3 | 79.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.