📍 2509 8th St, Bay City, Matagorda County, 77414
Cherry el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bay City, Matagorda County. The school has 466 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lisa Howard. It is part of the Bay City Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–K in a small-town setting. The school employs 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cherry el enrolls 466 students across grades Pre-K–K. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Hispanic or Latino, 16% Black or African American and 15% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 303 | 65% |
| Black or African American | 73 | 16% |
| White | 69 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 4.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
402 of the school's 466 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 384 qualify for free lunch and 18 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cherry el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 18, state house district 25.
Cherry el is one of 5 schools in BAY CITY ISD, based in BAY CITY, Texas. The district serves 3,473 students district-wide and employs 226 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 466 students, Cherry el is smaller than the district average of about 695 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant