📍 204 E. Indian Street, Cherokee, Cherokee County, 51012
Cherokee Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cherokee, Cherokee County. The school has 492 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Brian Christiansen. It is part of the Cherokee Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cherokee Elementary School enrolls 492 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 399 | 81% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 54 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 3.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 9 | 1.8% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1% |
| Asian | 5 | 1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
213 of the school's 492 students (43%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 181 qualify for free lunch and 32 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.
Cherokee Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 IA-40, state senate district 2, state house district 3.
Cherokee Elementary School is one of 3 schools in Cherokee Comm School District, based in Cherokee, Iowa. The district serves 1,163 students district-wide and employs 81 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 492 students, Cherokee Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 388 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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