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Enrollment
594
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291001152
Cherry Creek Charter Academy
6260 SOUTH DAYTON STREET, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO 80111 · (303) 779-8988 · Arapahoe County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL594 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
15.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
98 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 50%
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 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 73 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 7% larger than its 8th grade class (73).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
83.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
80.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.9% | 80.8% |
| 2023-24 | 85.5% | 81.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 Cherry Creek Charter Academy
Cherry Creek Charter Academy's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek Charter Academy this school | 594 | 16.5% | 81.8% |
| Challenge School DENVER | 560 | 17.3% | 89.7% |
| Parker Core Knowledge PARKER | 705 | 9.4% | 83.5% |
| Belleview Elementary School GREENWOOD VILLAGE | 577 | 29.6% | 58.0% |
| High Peaks Elementary School BOULDER | 257 | 9.7% | 89.8% |
| Heritage Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 302 | 23.5% | 61.1% |
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 Cherry Creek Charter Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #11 of 931 | #3 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #15 of 940 ▼ 3 | #3 of 96 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #13 of 946 ▼ 2 | #3 of 96 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 594 | #116 of 1,056 | #20 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #488 of 896 | #56 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #86 of 896 | #38 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.5% | #873 of 983 | #90 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #108 of 200 | #11 of 20 |
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
594
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+33% since 2000-01, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 594 | 37.9 | 15.7:1 | 16% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 37.7 | 15.1:1 | 18% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 36.6 | 16.2:1 | 12% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 32 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 31.9 | 17.1:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 31 | 18.4:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 26 | 18.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 446 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cherry Creek Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (546 to 594); teachers up 19% (31.9 to 37.9).
About Cherry Creek Charter Academy
Cherry Creek Charter Academy is a large elementary school. Its address is in GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colorado. The school had 594 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379, so this school runs 57% bigger than that.
Cherry Creek Charter Academy is a school in Cherry Creek School District. The district has 70 schools and 52,099 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Cherry Creek Charter Academy. The largest is White students, at 47%. The remaining students are 31% Asian, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 6% Black. Census figures show Arapahoe County is about 59% White. Cherry Creek Charter Academy's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Cherry Creek Charter Academy is 37.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.7:1. That is 0.9 students per teacher below the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Around 16% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Arapahoe County average 50%.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Cherry Creek Charter Academy receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Cherry Creek Charter Academy are 25.1 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 81.8%, compared with a predicted 56.7%, which ranks in the top 10% in Colorado.
Arapahoe County has these Census figures: the median household income is $101,087, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Arapahoe County is home to 176 public schools and about 115,502 public school students.
The closest public school to Cherry Creek Charter Academy is High Plains Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Cherry Creek Charter Academy is ahead of the 60.6% nearby average, ranking 1st of 9.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Cherry Creek Charter Academy as a charter school.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 593 to 594. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.5:1 to 15.7:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Cherry Creek Charter Academy covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Cherry Creek School District
- Cherry Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,852 students
- Cherokee Trail High SchoolHigh · 3,089 students
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Grandview High SchoolHigh · 2,684 students
- Smoky Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Overland High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
Other schools in GREENWOOD VILLAGE
- Cherry Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,852 students
- Campus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,311 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Belleview Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- High Plains Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
Nearby schools
- High Plains Elementary School0.3 mi · 462
- Cottonwood Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 533
- Walnut Hills Community Elementary School1.4 mi · 342
- Belleview Elementary School1.8 mi · 577
- Campus Middle School1.8 mi · 1,311
- Cherry Creek High School1.9 mi · 3,852
Frequently asked questions
About Cherry Creek Charter AcademyHow large is Cherry Creek Charter Academy?
Cherry Creek Charter Academy enrolls approximately 594 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Cherry Creek Charter Academy serve?
Cherry Creek Charter Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cherry Creek Charter Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cherry Creek Charter Academy is approximately 15.7:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cherry Creek Charter Academy?
At Cherry Creek Charter Academy, the student body is approximately 47% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 31% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Cherry Creek Charter Academy?
Cherry Creek Charter Academy is overseen by Cherry Creek School District in Arapahoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.