📍 11500 Cherry Drive, Thornton, Adams County, 80233
Cherry Drive Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Thornton, Adams County. The school has 359 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Adams 12 Five Star Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
Cherry Drive Elementary School enrolls 359 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Hispanic or Latino, 34% White and 5% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 204 | 57% |
| White | 121 | 34% |
| Asian | 18 | 5% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 3.1% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
186 of the school's 359 students (52%) 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.
Cherry Drive Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Cherry Drive Elementary School is one of 55 schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools, based in THORNTON, Colorado. The district serves 34,466 students district-wide and employs 2,015 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 359 students, Cherry Drive Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 627 students per school.
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