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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERRYESSA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060480000458
Cherrywood Elementary
2550 Greengate Dr., San Jose, CA 95132 · (408) 923-1915 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
128 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 118 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
73.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +36.4pp since 2014
Math
70.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +32.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 36 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 50.6% | 22.8% | 14.2% | 12.4% |
| Math | 46.8% | 23.2% | 12.7% | 17.3% |
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 | 73.4% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 66.9% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 67.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.6% | 59.6% |
| 2018-19 | 61.8% | 60.0% |
| 2017-18 | 60.3% | 54.3% |
| 2016-17 | 42.9% | 50.3% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Cherrywood Elementary
Cherrywood Elementary's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherrywood Elementary this school | 529 | 24.2% | 69.7% |
| Norwood Creek Elementary San Jose | 530 | 27.0% | 70.1% |
| Cyrus J. Morris Elementary Walnut | 485 | 28.5% | 67.9% |
| Longley Way Elementary Arcadia | 541 | 30.3% | 70.3% |
| Carolyn A. Clark Elementary San Jose | 497 | 18.3% | 70.8% |
| Monte Verde Elementary San Bruno | 517 | 21.9% | 78.5% |
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 Cherrywood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #664 of 5,151 | #79 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #600 of 5,172 ▲ 131 | #75 of 226 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #572 of 5,172 ▲ 228 | #66 of 226 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.6pp | #420 of 5,116 | #6 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #2,099 of 5,915 | #55 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #2,985 of 5,352 | #159 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #3,038 of 5,354 | #155 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.2% | #4,998 of 5,625 | #157 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +68.5% | #21 of 1,139 | #1 of 36 |
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
529
+81 (+18%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 529 | 23 | 23.0:1 | 24% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 23 | 22.8:1 | 25% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 22 | 22.6:1 | 22% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 19 | 23.6:1 | 25% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 13 | 24.1:1 | 37% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 16 | 23.4:1 | 35% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | N/A | N/A | 36% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 539 | 25 | 21.6:1 | 25% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 20 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cherrywood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 68% (314 to 529); teachers up 77% (13 to 23).
About Cherrywood Elementary
Cherrywood Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in San Jose, California, (ZIP code 95132). The school's enrollment of 529 students covers kindergarten through 5.
Berryessa Union Elementary runs Cherrywood Elementary along with 12 other schools, enrolling 5,907 students in total.
Cherrywood Elementary's enrollment is 70% Asian. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% White. By comparison, Santa Clara County residents are about 41% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Cherrywood Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 46%.
The teaching staff at Cherrywood Elementary is 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 23.0:1. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. About 24% of students, or 128, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 37% average among public schools in Santa Clara County.
The allk12 Grade for Cherrywood Elementary is A. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 88% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Cherrywood Elementary is 4.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (69.7% versus 65.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Santa Clara County has about 1,902,047 residents, and median household income is about $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 412 public schools in Santa Clara County, with a combined enrollment of about 230,059.
Ruskin Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 69.7% is above the 61.1% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 448 in 2020-21 and 529 in 2024-25, an 18% gain.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Cherrywood Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Berryessa Union Elementary
- Sierramont MiddleMiddle · 742 students
- Morrill MiddleMiddle · 665 students
- Piedmont MiddleMiddle · 591 students
- Vinci Park ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Northwood ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Majestic Way ElementaryElementary · 421 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Nearby schools
- Ruskin Elementary0.6 mi · 367
- Summerdale Elementary0.8 mi · 274
- Sierramont Middle0.8 mi · 742
- Brooktree Elementary0.9 mi · 387
- Piedmont Hills High1.0 mi · 1,918
- Piedmont Middle1.1 mi · 591
Frequently asked questions
About Cherrywood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cherrywood Elementary?
Cherrywood Elementary enrolls approximately 529 students in grades KG-05.
Is Cherrywood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cherrywood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cherrywood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cherrywood Elementary is approximately 23.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cherrywood Elementary?
Student demographics at Cherrywood Elementary are roughly 3% White, 20% Hispanic, 0% Black, 70% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Cherrywood Elementary public or private?
Cherrywood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Berryessa Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.