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What's something Cherokee Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190717000332
Cherokee Elementary School
204 E. Indian Street, Cherokee, IA 51012 · (712) 225-6760 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Iowa public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
234 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 47 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (97).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Cherokee Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
57.4%
IA avg 73.6% . -6.3pp since 2023
Math
64.8%
IA avg 70.9% . -15.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 64.8% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 80.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cherokee Elementary School
Cherokee Elementary School's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Elementary School this school | 468 | 50.0% | 66.6% |
| Greene County Elementary Jefferson | 518 | 51.0% | 62.4% |
| Inman Elementary School Red Oak | 461 | 53.6% | 54.7% |
| Eagle Heights Elementary School Clinton | 443 | 47.2% | 73.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Spencer | 442 | 53.6% | 69.9% |
| Northeast Elementary School Glenwood | 538 | 45.7% | N/A |
Matched among Iowa elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cherokee Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #387 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #448 of 564 ▼ 243 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #471 of 564 ▼ 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #122 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #350 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.2% | #327 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #218 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #303 of 359 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
468
-20 (-4%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 468 | 33.3 | 14.1:1 | 50% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 34.6 | 14.0:1 | 45% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 33.9 | 14.5:1 | 43% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 44% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 30.3 | 16.1:1 | 42% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 41% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 24 | 15.4:1 | 42% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 21 | 20.9:1 | 27% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | 28 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cherokee Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (488 to 468); teachers up 10% (30.3 to 33.3).
About Cherokee Elementary School
Cherokee Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Cherokee, Iowa. School enrollment was 468 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 4. For comparison, elementary schools in Iowa average about 325 students.
Cherokee Comm School District has 3 schools; together they serve 1,163 students.
The large majority of students at Cherokee Elementary School, 82%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 13% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. By the diversity index, Cherokee Elementary School comes in at 31%.
The school has about 14.1 students per teacher and 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Iowa average about 13.7:1, a similar figure. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Cherokee County is 9 points.
Measured against Iowa public elementary schools, Cherokee Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Cherokee Elementary School are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (66.6% actual, 66.9% predicted).
In the county around the school, Cherokee County, median household income is about $71,269, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cherokee Elementary School is among the 8 public schools in Cherokee County.
Cherokee Middle School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Cherokee Elementary School. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. On proficiency, Cherokee Elementary School is behind the 77.7% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
Cherokee Elementary School is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Cherokee Elementary School went from 488 students to 468. The ratio was 15.3:1 in 2020-21 and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,600
Census ACS
Median income
$71,269
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,048 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee Comm School District
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 366 students
- Cherokee Middle SchoolMiddle · 329 students
Other schools in Cherokee
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 366 students
- Cherokee Middle SchoolMiddle · 329 students
Other Cherokee Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 12 states are named Cherokee Elementary. Cherokee Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 17.
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolCatoosa, OK · 857 students
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolLiberty Twp, OH · 791 students
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolParadise Valley, AZ · 690 students
- CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHARDY, AR · 581 students
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolAlexandria, LA · 576 students
Nearby schools
- Cherokee Middle School0.0 mi · 329
- Washington High School0.7 mi · 366
- Alta-Aurelia Middle School7.1 mi · 228
- Aurelia Elementary School7.1 mi · 124
- MMCRU Marcus Elementary13.3 mi · 166
- MMCRU High School13.4 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Cherokee Elementary SchoolHow large is Cherokee Elementary School?
Cherokee Elementary School enrolls approximately 468 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Cherokee Elementary School serve?
Cherokee Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Cherokee Elementary School have?
Cherokee Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Cherokee Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cherokee Elementary School are roughly 82% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Cherokee Elementary School public or private?
Cherokee Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cherokee Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.