CHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY

CHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY is one of the well-populated elementary schools in LAKEVILLE, Minnesota, overseen by Lakeville Area Schools, with 599 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 74% above the state mean of about 344.

Lakeville Area Schools comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 12,025 students; CHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY is among them.

On the student-mix side, CHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY lists that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 15% Asian, 14% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Dakota County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 20% of students at CHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dakota County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, CHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.2%, the actual is 61.7%, a residual of +7.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Dakota County indicate median household income runs about $106,318, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY is one of 170 public schools in Dakota County (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students).

The closest other public school is EASTVIEW ELEMENTARY, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 52.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. CHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY's enrollment has expanded 7% since 2018, when it stood at 562 (now 599). White enrollment moved from 82% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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