Cherryvale Sr / Middle School

Cherryvale Sr / Middle School operates as an intimate secondary school in Cherryvale, Kansas, one of the schools within Cherryvale. Current enrollment sits at 277 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 410 students per school, that is 32% leaner than typical.

Cherryvale comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 682 students; Cherryvale Sr / Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Cherryvale Sr / Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest looks like 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 2% Native American.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cherryvale Sr / Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.6%, the actual is 27.8%, a residual of -2.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household income runs about $55,697, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Cherryvale Sr / Middle School is one of 14 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 4,736 students).

The closest other public school is Lincoln Central Elem, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Cherryvale Sr / Middle School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Cherryvale Sr / Middle School's enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 277). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 88% to 82%.

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