Cherokee Trail Elementary School

Located at 17302 CLARKE FARMS DRIVE, in PARKER, Colorado, Cherokee Trail Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school that instructs 553 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under Douglas County School District No. Re 1. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 46% above typical.

Cherokee Trail Elementary School is one of 89 schools operated by Douglas County School District No. Re 1, a district that educates 61,550 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Cherokee Trail Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Cherokee Trail Elementary School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Douglas County's rate of about 18%.

After controlling for student poverty, Cherokee Trail Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 42.9%, a residual of -3.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Douglas County reports that median household earnings sit near $149,594, about 62% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Douglas County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students), of which Cherokee Trail Elementary School is one.

North Star Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cherokee Trail Elementary School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 59.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Cherokee Trail Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 560 (now 553). The White share of enrollment shrank from 69% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.