Enrollment
224
Elementary
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ENGLEWOOD SCHOOLS·NCES 080378000488
Cherrelyn Elementary School
4500 S LINCOLN ST, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113 · (303) 761-2102 · Arapahoe County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
137 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 45% larger than its 6th grade class (22).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cherrelyn Elementary School→Englewood Middle School
Based on grade levels within Englewood Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
23.1%
CO avg 44.9% . -9.7pp since 2023
Math
15.4%
CO avg 36.1% . -7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.1% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.8% | 22.9% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for Colorado 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 Colorado'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 Cherrelyn Elementary School
Cherrelyn Elementary School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherrelyn Elementary School this school | 224 | 61.2% | 27.0% |
| High Plains Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 248 | 56.5% | 33.7% |
| Pinello Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 301 | 59.5% | 29.7% |
| Penrose Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 279 | 63.8% | 19.4% |
| Columbia Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 265 | 66.8% | 30.4% |
| Venetucci Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 272 | 67.6% | 31.5% |
Matched among Colorado 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 Cherrelyn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #635 of 931 | #56 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #793 of 940 ▼ 140 | #78 of 96 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #771 of 946 ▼ 157 | #73 of 96 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 224 | #867 of 1,056 | #95 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #227 of 896 | #24 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #160 of 896 | #53 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.2% | #358 of 983 | #43 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #557 of 664 | #57 of 70 |
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
224
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 224 | 16 | 14.0:1 | 61% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 214 | 17.9 | 11.9:1 | 66% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 206 | 18.7 | 11.0:1 | 63% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 226 | 20 | 11.3:1 | 63% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 238 | 20.5 | 11.6:1 | 65% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 216 | 19 | 11.4:1 | 58% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 239 | 18 | 13.3:1 | 68% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 292 | 18 | 16.2:1 | 29% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 398 | 16 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cherrelyn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (238 to 224); teachers down 22% (20.5 to 16).
About Cherrelyn Elementary School
Cherrelyn Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in ENGLEWOOD, Colorado. The school counted 224 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6. That is 41% below the average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Englewood Schools enrolls 2,406 students in 9 schools, including Cherrelyn Elementary School.
About 45% of students at Cherrelyn Elementary School are Hispanic, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 41% White, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Arapahoe County, the Hispanic share is about 22%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
Its ratio of 14.0:1 is based on 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 61% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 50% average for public schools in Arapahoe County is 11 points lower.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Cherrelyn Elementary School outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Cherrelyn Elementary School is -2.6 points: 27.0% actual, 29.6% predicted.
In Arapahoe County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $101,087, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 176 public schools in the county, enrolling about 115,502, Cherrelyn Elementary School among them.
The closest school to Cherrelyn Elementary School is Clayton Elementary School, located about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 27.0% is below the 32.7% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns Cherrelyn Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Cherrelyn Elementary School enrolled 226; in 2024-25, 224. Students per teacher increased from 11.3 in 2020-21 to 14.0 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Cherrelyn Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Arapahoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
659,844
Census ACS
Median income
$101,087
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
115,502 students
Quick facts
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- Colorado's Finest High School of Choice0.5 mi · 216
- Englewood High School0.9 mi · 515
- Englewood Middle School0.9 mi · 210
- Englewood Leadership Academy0.9 mi · 110
- Littleton Prep Charter School1.0 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About Cherrelyn Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cherrelyn Elementary School?
Cherrelyn Elementary School enrolls approximately 224 students in grades KG-06.
Is Cherrelyn Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cherrelyn Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cherrelyn Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cherrelyn Elementary School is approximately 14.0:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cherrelyn Elementary School?
At Cherrelyn Elementary School, the student body is approximately 41% White, 45% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Cherrelyn Elementary School public or private?
Cherrelyn Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Englewood Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.