CHERRY ELEMENTARY

As an average-sized K-5 school in IRON, Minnesota, CHERRY ELEMENTARY serves 297 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 1,914 students. CHERRY ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CHERRY ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest comes out to 8% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with St. Louis County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, CHERRY ELEMENTARY logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, CHERRY ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (St. Louis County) logs that median household earnings sit near $70,069, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across St. Louis County's 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,921 students), CHERRY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

CHERRY SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHERRY ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. CHERRY ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 320 (now 297).

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