Cesar Chavez Middle School

Size

Of the 3 middle schools in Waco ISD, Cesar Chavez Middle School is the 2nd largest, with 5.9% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 4.4 miles away and have a median of 623 students, so Cesar Chavez Middle School is larger than most of them.

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 264 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 260, against an average of 262 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 260 in grade 6 and 262 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 76.5% of enrollment, a higher share than across Waco ISD (62.5%). Black students are next, at 18.1%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

93.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 88.1% across Waco ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Cesar Chavez Middle School has 56.63 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 786 students would have about 54.6 teachers, so Cesar Chavez Middle School has 2 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, midsize, which means it is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest other middle school is Quinn Campus Public Middle School, 2 miles away in Rapoport Academy Public School. There are 5 middle schools within 5 miles and 11 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.