CHEROKEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CHEROKEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in RONKONKOMA, New York, one of the schools within CONNETQUOT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 618 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

CHEROKEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 10 schools operated by CONNETQUOT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 5,227 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CHEROKEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 31% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CHEROKEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting CHEROKEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, CHEROKEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 65.7%; actual is 44.8%, a gap of -20.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), CHEROKEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

EDITH L SLOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CHEROKEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHEROKEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked up 11%, going from 555 students in 2018 to 618 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 71% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for CHEROKEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.