CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 155 CHERRY AVE, in WEST SAYVILLE, New York, CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a cozy primary school that caters to 374 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 5 schools in SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,586 students total), CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.7%; this one delivers 66.5%.

Across the wider county, Suffolk County reports that median household earnings sit near $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 66.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 11%, going from 421 students in 2018 to 374 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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