Cherokee Elementary School

Cherokee Elementary School operates as an expansive elementary school in Paradise Valley, Arizona, run under Scottsdale Unified District (4240). Current enrollment sits at 690 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Cherokee Elementary School sits 53% bigger than that benchmark.

Scottsdale Unified District (4240) comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 20,682 students; Cherokee Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Cherokee Elementary School lists that 72% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 16% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household earnings sit near $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Cherokee Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Scottsdale Country Day School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cherokee Elementary School.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 8%: 636 students in 2018 compared to 690 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.