Cherokee Point Elementary

Cherokee Point Elementary, a modestly sized elementary-level community in San Diego, California, one of the schools within San Diego Unified, educates 298 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 36% leaner than typical.

Cherokee Point Elementary is one of 174 schools operated by San Diego Unified, a district that works with 94,828 students overall.

Demographically, Cherokee Point Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 10% Asian, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Cherokee Point Elementary shows 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cherokee Point Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Diego County) logs that median household earnings sit near $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Cherokee Point Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Health Sciences High and Middle College, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cherokee Point Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 27.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Cherokee Point Elementary's enrollment has decreased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 402 (now 298). Asian enrollment moved from 6% to 10% across the same window.

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