Cesar Chavez Primary School
Public elementary school in Ft Worth, Texas · Fort Worth ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Cesar Chavez Primary School serves 447 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Ft Worth (Tarrant County). It is one of 132 schools in Fort Worth ISD. By enrollment it is the 3024th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 13.1 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 34.21 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | Fort Worth ISD |
| County | Tarrant County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481970009378 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Fort Worth ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 447 | 70,405 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 13.1 | 15.1 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 94.2% | 83.1% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 21% of Texas elementary 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 Primary School in context
Size
Of the 81 elementary schools in Fort Worth ISD, Cesar Chavez Primary School is the 31st largest, with 0.6% of the district's students. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 348; Cesar Chavez Primary 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 3 with 71 students, and its smallest is grade 2 with 56, against an average of 64 per grade. This year grade 5 has 15% more students than kindergarten (70 against 61). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 61 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 82.6% here and 66.2% across Fort Worth ISD. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
94.2% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 83.1% across Fort Worth ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary 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
With 34.21 full-time-equivalent teachers for 447 students, Cesar Chavez Primary School has 13.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 447 students would have about 30.2 teachers, so Cesar Chavez Primary School has 4 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Cesar Chavez Primary School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other elementary school is Moore M H Elementary School, 0.5 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 165 other elementary schools, 38 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 82.6% |
| Black | 7.4% |
| Asian | 5.4% |
| White | 4.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |
48.5% of students are girls and 51.5% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 61 |
| Kindergarten | 61 |
| Grade 1 | 58 |
| Grade 2 | 56 |
| Grade 3 | 71 |
| Grade 4 | 70 |
| Grade 5 | 70 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
3710 Deen Rd, Ft Worth, TX 76106
Phone: (817)378-5000
Website: fortworthisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Cesar Chavez Primary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore M H Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 0.5 mi | 453 | 14.8 | 98% |
| Diamond Hill Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 0.9 mi | 482 | 17 | 94.6% |
| Helbing Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 1.1 mi | 369 | 14.3 | 91.6% |
| Riverside Applied Lrn Center | Fort Worth ISD | 1.7 mi | 202 | 12.7 | 75.7% |
| Washington Heights Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 1.8 mi | 268 | 14.1 | 95.1% |
| Springdale Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 1.9 mi | 393 | 14.3 | 94.1% |
| Bonnie Brae | Fort Worth ISD | 1.9 mi | 326 | 13.8 | 92.6% |
| Kirkpatrick Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 2.2 mi | 296 | 14.1 | 94.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.