Cherryland Elementary

Cherryland Elementary operates as a heavily attended elementary campus in Hayward, California, run under Hayward Unified. Current enrollment sits at 855 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 84% bigger than typical.

Across the 28 schools in Hayward Unified (17,273 students total), Cherryland Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Cherryland Elementary reports that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 6% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Cherryland Elementary lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cherryland Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.9%; this one delivers 17.4%.

Around the school, census data for Alameda County shows median household earnings sit near $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Cherryland Elementary is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

Brenkwitz High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cherryland Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.2%.

Cherryland Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Cherryland Elementary's enrollment has expanded 13% since 2018, when it stood at 759 (now 855). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.3:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 today.

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