Cherry Hill Elem and EC Center

Cherry Hill Elem and EC Center operates as a micro-enrollment primary school in New Lenox, Illinois, one of the schools within New Lenox SD 122. Current enrollment sits at 141 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Cherry Hill Elem and EC Center sits 63% below that benchmark.

New Lenox SD 122 comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 4,956 students; Cherry Hill Elem and EC Center is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cherry Hill Elem and EC Center lists that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cherry Hill Elem and EC Center has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Cherry Hill Elem and EC Center tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Will County's rate of about 44%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Will County indicate median household income runs about $109,984, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Cherry Hill Elem and EC Center is one campus in the mix.

Eisenhower Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cherry Hill Elem and EC Center.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cherry Hill Elem and EC Center has remained close to its prior level, going from 143 students in 2018 to 141 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 70% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 6.0:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

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