Cherrelyn Elementary School

Located at 4500 S LINCOLN ST, in ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, Cherrelyn Elementary School is a cozy primary school that caters to 224 students (grades K through 6), part of Englewood School District No. 1 in the county of Arapahoe. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 41% smaller than typical.

Across the 9 schools in Englewood School District No. 1 in the county of Arapahoe (2,406 students total), Cherrelyn Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Cherrelyn Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 41% White, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, Cherrelyn Elementary School lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Cherrelyn Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 61% of students at Cherrelyn Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cherrelyn Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.0%.

In the broader community, Arapahoe County reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,087 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Arapahoe County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), Cherrelyn Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Clayton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cherrelyn Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cherrelyn Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 32.7%.

Cherrelyn Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 238 students in 2018 compared to 224 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 55% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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