Cherry Creek Elementary School

Cherry Creek Elementary School is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in LOWELL, Michigan, run under Lowell Area Schools, with 485 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 31% larger than typical.

Across the 7 schools in Lowell Area Schools (3,455 students total), Cherry Creek Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cherry Creek Elementary School lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cherry Creek Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 29% of students at Cherry Creek Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kent County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Cherry Creek Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.6%.

In the broader community, census data for Kent County shows median household earnings sit near $82,631, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cherry Creek Elementary School is one of 239 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students).

The closest other public school is Lowell Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cherry Creek Elementary School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 67.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Cherry Creek Elementary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 493 (now 485). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

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