Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRAVERSE CITY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 263387006938
Cherry Knoll Elementary School
1800 3 MILE RD N, TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49696 · (231) 933-8940 · Grand Traverse County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
99 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 56% · 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
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
35.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Michigan 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 Michigan'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 Cherry Knoll Elementary School
Cherry Knoll Elementary School's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Knoll Elementary School this school | 333 | 29.7% | 43.8% |
| Lottie M Schmidt Elem School CHESTERFIELD | 338 | 28.4% | 45.9% |
| Sonoma Elementary BATTLE CREEK | 351 | 31.6% | 40.3% |
| Dean A Naldrett School CHESTERFIELD | 353 | 27.2% | 49.6% |
| Central Elementary School LINDEN | 337 | 30.6% | 56.8% |
| Ardmore Elementary School SAINT CLAIR SHORES | 370 | 29.5% | 43.1% |
Matched among Michigan 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 Cherry Knoll Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Grand Traverse County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #611 of 1,085 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #787 of 1,072 | #11 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #450 of 1,139 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #953 of 1,630 | #7 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #495 of 1,424 | #4 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.7% | #876 of 1,424 | #4 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.7% | #1,231 of 1,563 | #8 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #188 of 979 | #2 of 8 |
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
333
-60 (-15%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 333 | 22.1 | 15.1:1 | 30% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 341 | 21.1 | 16.2:1 | 36% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 21.4 | 16.7:1 | 39% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 38% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 19.4 | 22.1:1 | 40% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 20 | 19.1:1 | 32% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 20 | 18.6:1 | 51% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 336 | 18 | 18.7:1 | 32% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 386 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cherry Knoll Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (429 to 333); teachers up 14% (19.4 to 22.1).
About Cherry Knoll Elementary School
Cherry Knoll Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 333 students in pre-K through 5.
Traverse City Area Public Schools oversees Cherry Knoll Elementary School and 15 other schools, with 8,546 students in total.
White students make up 85% of enrollment at Cherry Knoll Elementary School. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% Native American. The school's diversity index is 28%, meaning two students picked at random have a 28% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 15.1 students per teacher and 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 0.8 below the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 30%. For comparison, public schools in Grand Traverse County average 31%.
Measured against Michigan public elementary schools, Cherry Knoll 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.
A school with Cherry Knoll Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Michigan is predicted to score 53.1%. Cherry Knoll Elementary School scores 43.8%, 9.3 points below that line.
Cherry Knoll Elementary School is located in Grand Traverse County, where the median household income is $81,647, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Cherry Knoll Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Cherry Knoll Elementary School is East Middle School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Cherry Knoll Elementary School is 4th among 4 schools close by.
Locale: Suburb: Small. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The school enrolled 333 students in 2024-25, 60 fewer than the 393 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.1:1 in 2020-21 to 15.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Grand Traverse County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,166
Census ACS
Median income
$81,647
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
12,069 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Traverse City Area Public Schools
- West Senior HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,326 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Central Grade SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Eastern Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
Other schools in TRAVERSE CITY
- West Senior HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,326 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Grand Traverse AcademyCombined · 824 students
- Central Grade SchoolElementary · 510 students
Nearby schools
- East Middle School0.2 mi · 829
- Grand Traverse Academy0.4 mi · 824
- Traverse City High School2.1 mi · 171
- Life Skills Center2.3 mi · 67
- Courtade Elementary School2.4 mi · 215
- North EdNew Horizons3.4 mi · 75
Frequently asked questions
About Cherry Knoll Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cherry Knoll Elementary School?
Cherry Knoll Elementary School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cherry Knoll Elementary School serve?
Cherry Knoll Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cherry Knoll Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cherry Knoll Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cherry Knoll Elementary School?
At Cherry Knoll Elementary School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian.
Who oversees Cherry Knoll Elementary School?
Cherry Knoll Elementary School is overseen by Traverse City Area Public Schools in Grand Traverse County.
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