Cherokee Elem School

As a moderately sized K-5 school in Lake Forest, Illinois, Cherokee Elem School teaches 343 students from grades K through 4, overseen by Lake Forest SD 67.

Lake Forest SD 67 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,652 students. Cherokee Elem School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cherokee Elem School records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Cherokee Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $110,416 per year, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Lake County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), Cherokee Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wayne Thomas Elem School, around 1.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Cherokee Elem School's enrollment has edged up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 296 (now 343). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 1% to 5%.

Inside the community feed, members of the Cherokee Elem School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.