Total enrollment
51,980
-1,626 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
70 schools in Cherry Creek School District
Colorado · 52,099 students · 6 cities
Inside Cherry Creek School District (Colorado), 70 public K-12 schools enroll roughly 52,099 students (around 744 per school).
4-year change in Cherry Creek School District
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
69
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Cherry Creek School District ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Colorado | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #23 of 70 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 52,099 | #4 of 95 | #83 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 70 | #4 of 95 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #61 of 95 | #6,773 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 36.5% | #69 of 94 | #5,936 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #1 of 68 | #279 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Cherry Creek School District
State test results across the district's 63 scored schools run from Challenge School at 89.7% proficient to Overland High School at 10.2%, a gap of 79.6 points. That is the 4th widest gap among 55 Colorado districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 65 district schools that reported both years went from 55,024 to 50,322 students (down 9%) and from 3,016 to 3,028 full-time teachers (unchanged), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Cherry Creek School District
As a middle-population district in Colorado, Cherry Creek School District hosts 52,099 students across 70 schools.
On the school-mix side, Cherry Creek School District comprises 49 elementary, 12 middle, and 9 high schools.
On a per-school basis, Cherry Creek School District runs about 744 students per school, 63% meaningfully above the state mean of roughly 456.
Five-year track record. Combined enrollment now sits at 51,980 students, declined 3% from the 53,606 reported in SY 2020-21.
On this page, the community for Cherry Creek School District discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.