Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362592003554
CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
155 CHERRY AVE, WEST SAYVILLE, NY 11796 · (631) 244-6700 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
34 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 58%
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 | 35 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
74.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 64.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for New York 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 New York'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 AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 374 | 9.1% | 66.5% |
| LOCKHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA | 359 | 7.5% | 68.8% |
| FIFTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST NORTHPORT | 377 | 7.2% | 63.4% |
| SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAYVILLE | 388 | 13.1% | 59.4% |
| FORT SALONGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTHPORT | 381 | 8.7% | 72.5% |
| ACADEMY STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAYPORT | 317 | 7.6% | 63.2% |
Matched among New York 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 AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #509 of 2,335 | #22 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #570 of 2,342 ▲ 204 | #23 of 169 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #412 of 2,343 ▲ 58 | #11 of 169 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #1,531 of 2,585 | #139 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,185 of 2,338 | #105 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #2,020 of 2,388 | #188 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.1% | #2,446 of 2,534 | #188 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #1,079 of 1,757 | #61 of 137 |
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
374
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 374 | 31.7 | 11.8:1 | 9% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 30 | 12.2:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 27.2 | 13.0:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 29 | 12.7:1 | 8% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 26.6 | 15.8:1 | 7% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 7% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 5% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 6% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 25 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in WEST SAYVILLE, New York, one of the schools in SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Its enrollment is 374 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
The SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT system has 5 schools and 2,586 students.
Roughly 87% of students at CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County residents are about 66% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 24%.
CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.8 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.1 students per teacher. About 9% of students at CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County, the school's rate is lower.
CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of New York public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 71.7%. It scores 66.5%, 5.2 points below that figure.
In the wider Suffolk County area, median household income comes to about $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Suffolk County counts 343 public schools with about 222,439 students.
The closest school to CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 369 in 2020-21, 374 in 2024-25.
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Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 814 students
- SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 582 students
- LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
- SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 388 students
Nearby schools
- SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 814
- EDWARD J BOSTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 269
- LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 428
- SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 582
- SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 388
- ACADEMY STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 374 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 87% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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