Enrollment
228
Elementary
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273384001566
Cherokee Heights Elementary School
694 CHARLTON ST, SAINT PAUL, MN 55107 · (651) 293-8610 · Ramsey County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL228 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- DTest 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 Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
164 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 48%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 60% · 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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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
21.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
15.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
18.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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 Heights Elementary School
Cherokee Heights Elementary School's state test result (18.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Heights Elementary School this school | 228 | 71.9% | 18.7% |
| NOBLE ELEMENTARY GOLDEN VALLEY | 262 | 69.8% | 17.4% |
| Vista View Elementary BURNSVILLE | 311 | 66.6% | 25.0% |
| North Metro Flex Academy NORTH SAINT PAUL | 146 | 77.4% | 27.7% |
| Willow Lane Elementary WHITE BEAR LAKE | 279 | 72.0% | 33.5% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY ROBBINSDALE | 318 | 78.3% | 18.6% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #768 of 844 | #69 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #785 of 844 | #75 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #770 of 844 | #70 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 228 | #761 of 1,130 | #84 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #57 of 769 | #8 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.5% | #16 of 796 | #8 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #148 of 942 | #49 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #199 of 244 | #20 of 27 |
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
228
+59 (+35%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 228 | 22 | 10.3:1 | 72% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 205 | 22.3 | 9.2:1 | 78% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 225 | 18.7 | 12.0:1 | 83% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 169 | 19 | 8.9:1 | 76% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 223 | 21 | 10.6:1 | 81% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 92% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 30 | 14.1:1 | 96% (404) |
| 2000-01 | 546 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 80% (435) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 34 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cherokee Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (223 to 228); teachers up 5% (21 to 22).
About Cherokee Heights Elementary School
Cherokee Heights Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota. It has an enrollment of 228 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll around 344, and this school is 34% below that mark.
In Saint Paul Public Schools, 87 schools enroll a combined 33,152 students.
About 29% of students at Cherokee Heights Elementary School are Black, the largest single group. The school is also 27% Hispanic, 25% White, 14% multiracial, and 6% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 12%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 77, compared with 70 nationally.
Cherokee Heights Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.3:1. Elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1, 3.3 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 72% at Cherokee Heights Elementary School. For comparison, public schools in Ramsey County average 57%.
Cherokee Heights Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 6% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 26.4% at Cherokee Heights Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 18.7%.
Looking at the county, Ramsey County, median household income comes to about $81,568, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 302, with about 94,437 students.
Among nearby public schools, Open World Learning Secondary is closest at about 0.5 miles. Within five miles of Cherokee Heights Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Cherokee Heights Elementary School is 6th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for Cherokee Heights Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count rose 35% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 10.3:1, from 8.9:1.
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Ramsey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
542,945
Census ACS
Median income
$81,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
302
94,437 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Cherokee Heights Elementary SchoolHow large is Cherokee Heights Elementary School?
Cherokee Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 228 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cherokee Heights Elementary School serve?
Cherokee Heights Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cherokee Heights Elementary School?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Cherokee Heights Elementary School.
How diverse is Cherokee Heights Elementary School?
Cherokee Heights Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 27% Hispanic, 29% Black, 6% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Cherokee Heights Elementary School public or private?
Cherokee Heights Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Saint Paul Public Schools.
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