Cherry Creek Charter Academy

Set in GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colorado, Cherry Creek Charter Academy is an expansive elementary campus, overseen by Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. It hosts 594 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 57% bigger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah runs 70 schools in total, collectively educating 52,099 students. Cherry Creek Charter Academy is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Cherry Creek Charter Academy lists that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 31% Asian, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Cherry Creek Charter Academy has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 16% of students at Cherry Creek Charter Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Arapahoe County (around 50%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cherry Creek Charter Academy is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 56.7%; this one delivers 81.8%, a residual of +25.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Arapahoe County put median household income runs about $101,087, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Cherry Creek Charter Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: High Plains Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cherry Creek Charter Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. Cherry Creek Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Cherry Creek Charter Academy's enrollment has increased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 546 (now 594). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 61% to 47%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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