W E CHERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

W E CHERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in ORANGE PARK, Florida, one of the schools within CLAY. The school educates 652 students in grades pre-K through 6.

CLAY runs 50 schools in total, collectively educating 39,116 students. W E CHERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, W E CHERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 25% Black, 25% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, W E CHERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Clay County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, W E CHERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 43.7%; W E CHERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 60.7%, +17.0 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Clay County put median household income runs about $87,820, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Clay County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,806 students), of which W E CHERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ORANGE PARK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around W E CHERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, W E CHERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. W E CHERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 734 (now 652). The White share of enrollment contracted from 47% to 38% over that span.

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