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Enrollment
855
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYWARD UNIFIED·NCES 061674002108
Cherryland Elementary
456 Laurel Ave., Hayward, CA 94541 · (510) 723-3810 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL855 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
711 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 143 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 145 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 118 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (143) is 21% larger than its 6th grade class (118).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
22.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.5pp since 2014
Math
11.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.7% | 15.8% | 21.1% | 56.4% |
| Math | 2.7% | 8.6% | 23.3% | 65.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.5% | 11.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.2% | 11.3% |
| 2022-23 | 24.3% | 14.4% |
| 2021-22 | 27.8% | 11.3% |
| 2018-19 | 26.8% | 20.1% |
| 2017-18 | 28.3% | 17.9% |
| 2016-17 | 18.9% | 13.3% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 20.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cherryland Elementary
Cherryland Elementary's state test result (17.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherryland Elementary this school | 855 | 83.2% | 17.1% |
| Highgrove Elementary Riverside | 848 | 80.4% | 27.7% |
| Railroad Canyon Elementary Lake Elsinore | 873 | 83.2% | 31.5% |
| Mountain View Elementary Riverside | 851 | 82.8% | 33.8% |
| Walnut Grove Elementary Patterson | 744 | 81.5% | 22.4% |
| Ann B. Leavenworth Fresno | 748 | 81.6% | 39.2% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cherryland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #4,814 of 5,151 | #161 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #4,987 of 5,172 ▼ 26 | #177 of 192 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #4,686 of 5,172 ▼ 301 | #155 of 192 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.6pp | #1,052 of 5,116 | #69 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 855 | #248 of 5,915 | #6 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #3,816 of 5,352 | #124 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.0% | #3,942 of 5,354 | #183 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.2% | #1,864 of 5,625 | #45 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.6% | #429 of 1,139 | #15 of 48 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
855
+67 (+9%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 606
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 23.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 855 | 35.5 | 24.1:1 | 83% (711) |
| 2023-24 | 863 | 36 | 24.0:1 | 80% (693) |
| 2022-23 | 903 | 36.2 | 24.9:1 | 76% (682) |
| 2020-21 | 788 | 33 | 23.9:1 | 71% (556) |
| 2017-18 | 759 | 30 | 25.3:1 | 72% (543) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 30 | 25.8:1 | 89% (688) |
| 2010-11 | 807 | N/A | N/A | 83% (670) |
| 2000-01 | 828 | 42 | 19.7:1 | 69% (572) |
| 1990-91 | 606 | 28 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cherryland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (759 to 855); teachers up 18% (30 to 35.5).
About Cherryland Elementary
The public elementary school Cherryland Elementary is located in Hayward, California. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 855 students. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 84% higher.
Cherryland Elementary is one of 28 schools in Hayward Unified, which enrolls 17,273 students in total.
Most students at Cherryland Elementary are Hispanic: 83% of enrollment. Other groups include 6% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. The county population is about 23% Hispanic. Cherryland Elementary has a diversity index of 30%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.1:1 at Cherryland Elementary, with 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 83% of enrollment. Across public schools in Alameda County, the average is 49%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Cherryland Elementary, the prediction is 30.8% and the result is 17.1%.
Census Bureau estimates for Alameda County show that median household income is about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cherryland Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County, which together enroll about 210,511 students.
Nearest public school: Brenkwitz High, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 26.6%; Cherryland Elementary's is 17.1%, ranking 4th of 4.
The NCES locale for Cherryland Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Cherryland Elementary saw enrollment rise 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hayward Unified
- Mt. Eden HighHigh · 1,865 students
- Hayward HighHigh · 1,580 students
- Tennyson HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Burbank ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- Harder ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in Hayward
- Mt. Eden HighHigh · 1,865 students
- Hayward HighHigh · 1,580 students
- Tennyson HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Burbank ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- Impact Academy of Arts & TechnologyHigh · 716 students
- Harder ElementaryElementary · 671 students
Nearby schools
- Brenkwitz High0.2 mi · 76
- Knowledge Enlightens You (KEY) Academy0.2 mi · 645
- Burbank Elementary0.5 mi · 800
- Winton Middle1.0 mi · 582
- Bret Harte Middle1.0 mi · 465
- Alameda County Community1.0 mi · 73
Frequently asked questions
About Cherryland ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cherryland Elementary?
Cherryland Elementary enrolls approximately 855 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Cherryland Elementary serve?
Cherryland Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Cherryland Elementary have?
Cherryland Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cherryland Elementary?
At Cherryland Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 83% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Cherryland Elementary public or private?
Cherryland Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hayward Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.